Yasmeen Murshed

Yasmeen Murshed (19 May 1945 – 31 July 2025) was a Bangladeshi businesswoman who was the founder of Scholastica School and an adviser of the caretaker government led by President Iajuddin Ahmed.

Background and education Yasmeen Zakiuddin was born on 19 May 1945 to Khwaja Zakiuddin and Begum Binoo in Calcutta in the then Bengal Province, British India. Her grandfather, Khawaja Shahabuddin, was the governor of Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan and served as a Minister in the Cabinet of Pakistan. Her grandmother, Farhat Banu, was a member of the Bengal Legislative Assembly elected in 1937. Her mother's family originated from Bogra and her maternal uncle, Habibur Rahman, was a member of the Pakistan cabinet in the 1960s. and chairperson of the store Etcetera Bangladesh.

Murshed was in charge of the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education and the Ministry of Social Welfare from 31 October 2006 to 11 January 2007. In 2007, she was made the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Pakistan.

Personal life and death Murshed was married to Syed Tanweer Murshed (d. 1988), the youngest son of Syed Manzoor Murshed and Begum Hasina Murshed.

Murshed died at the United Hospital in Dhaka, on 31 July 2025, at the age of 80. She was buried at the Banani graveyard.