[1] Aasha Mehreen Amin was born in Dhaka to a Bengali Muslim family.
[2] Her father, Anwarul Amin Makhon, was the second-eldest son of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nurul Amin, and the former general manager of BCCI Bangladesh, known for opening Bangladesh Bank's first branch abroad (in London).
[3] Her mother, Razia Khan Amin, was an Ekushey Padak-winning writer, poet, and professor at the University of Dhaka, and her maternal grandfather, Maulvi Tamizuddin Khan, was a speaker of the parliament of Pakistan.
[4] She studied in Boston College, Massachusetts, United States of America, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in 1991.
She started as a feature writer at The Daily Star, the largest circulated English language newspaper in Bangladesh, in June 1991.