In 1971 during the
Bangladesh Liberation War, Murshid was a member of the Bangladesh Mukti Sangrami Shilpi Sangstha which created propaganda songs for the
Mukti Bahini. She was a student of grade 10 in 1971.
Tareque Masud and his wife
Catherine Masud made a documentary of the group called ''
Muktir Gaan. She had question Why Pakistan Army surrendered to the Indian Army after the war and not to the Bangladeshi people? In August 2012, Murshid signed a statement along with 57 other women leaders asking the government to leave Grameen Bank alone after its founder Muhammad Yunus was forced to resign by Bangladesh Bank. Other signatories included
Farida Akther,
Hameeda Hossain,
Khushi Kabir,
Maleka Begum,
Rasheda K. Chowdhury,
Rokia Afzal Rahman,
Sara Hossain,
Sultana Kamal, and
Syeda Rizwana Hasan. Murshid was the general secretary of Uttarsury Nurjahan-Sarwar Murshid Cultural Centre, which oversaw the secretariate of the National Celebration Committee for the Birth Centenary of Khan Sarwar Murshid. It also provides Uttarsury-Nurjahan Murshid Smrity Padak awards. She told Shakhawat Liton of
The Daily Star in 2018 that the space for election monitoring was decreasing due to lack of funding and
Bangladesh Election Commission ignoring respected observers. In October 2021, she signed a statement panning a culture of impunity when it comes to attacks on religious minorities in Bangladesh. In 2023, she signed a letter criticizing the government treatment of Khaleda Zia, warning it could lead to a political crises, and asking the government to send her abroad for treatment. Other signatories included
Ali Imam Majumder,
Asif Nazrul,
CR Abrar,
Farida Akhtar,
Hafizuddin Khan,
Naila Z Khan,
Nur Khan, Rahnuma Ahmed,
Shahdeen Malik,
Shahidul Alam,
Shireen Huq,
Syeda Rizwana Hasan, and
Tofail Ahmed. She was critical of the government using violence against quota reform protestors. She was placed in charge of the Ministry of Social Welfare. == References ==