Shaikh Yusuf Harun is a retired Bangladeshi government official who is currently serving as the Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority.
[8] He was given the responsibility for finding a location for the headquarters of Rapid Action Battalion-10 after their original site was canceled due to it being part of an important channel of Buriganga River.
[4] In a statement to the media, he demanded trial of Member of Parliament Nixon Chowdhury after he got into a verbal spat with government officials.
[17][18] He demoted the Deputy Commissioner of Jamalpur District, Ahmed Kabir, after a video showing inappropriate behavior between him and a female colleague went viral on social media in 2020.
[13][21] Harun and the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Ahmad Kaikaus inaugurated the Shreehatta Economic Zone by DBL Group in Sylhet on 24 August 2021.
[22] Harun told the media that he had received proposals from 153 investors for the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Chittagong.