Najmul Hasan Zahed was a Bangladesh Awami League politician and a member of parliament for Habiganj-2.
[1] Zahed was born and raised in a Bengali Muslim zamindar family in the village of Kamalkhani in Habiganj's Baniachong Upazila.
His father was Siddiq Hasan, his mother was Syeda Sufya Khatun.
His older brother is Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of BRAC, the world's largest non-governmental organisation.
[2][3] Zahed was elected to parliament from Habiganj-2 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate in 2001.