[4] Murshed's father was Syed Mahbub Murshed (died 1979), Chief Justice of East Pakistan High Court, and mother was Lyla Arzumand Banu (died 2017).
[11] In 2007, Murshed was an advisor of Bangladesh Performing Media Centre.
[14][15] He has advocated for an independent Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission.
[16] Murshed, then chairperson of Environment and Social Development Organization, demanded a ban on lead in paints in 2016.
[17] He is an advisor of Amader Gram Cancer Care and Research Center.