Staff Reporter :
BRAC founder and Chair Emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed passed away at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka on Friday night. He was 83.
Sir Abed breathed his last at the hospital around 8:28pm, Ashif Saleh, Executive Director of BRAC confirmed The New Nation.
His body will be kept at army stadium on December 22 from 10:00am to 12:30pm so that people can pay their last respect to the departed soul, Saleh said.
Later, his Namaz-e-Janaza will be held there and he will be laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard, the BRAC official said.
He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives, well-wishers
BRAC founder and Chair Emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed passed away at Apollo Hospitals Dhaka on Friday night. He was 83.
Sir Abed breathed his last at the hospital around 8:28pm, Ashif Saleh, Executive Director of BRAC confirmed The New Nation.
His body will be kept at army stadium on December 22 from 10:00am to 12:30pm so that people can pay their last respect to the departed soul, Saleh said.
Later, his Namaz-e-Janaza will be held there and he will be laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard, the BRAC official said.
He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives, well-wishers
and admirers to mourn his death.
Sir Fazle founded BRAC in 1972, at the age of 36, and served as its Executive Director until 2001.
At 65, he retired as Executive Director and was elected the Chairperson of BRAC Bangladesh. Later, he was also elected the Chairperson of BRAC International.
On August 6 of this year, he announced his retirement as Chairperson of BRAC Bangladesh and BRAC International. Since then he had been working as the chair emeritus of the world’s largest non-governmental organisation.
Abed started BRAC with a small relief and rehabilitation project in northeastern Bangladesh. Today, BRAC is one of the largest NGOs in the world, operating in eleven countries across Africa and Asia.
Abed has been honoured with numerous national and international awards. In 2009, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George by the British Crown for his services in reducing poverty.
Sir Fazle Abed is the lone Bangladeshi to be honoured with a knighthood by the British Crown. He was knighted in 2010.
On November 20 this year, he was honoured with the Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his successful work in alleviating poverty, especially of women and children.
He was also awarded as Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was born on 27 April in 1936 in Baniachang village of Habiganj district. His father was Siddique Hasan and mother was Syeda Sufia Khatun. Siddique Hasan was the sub-registrar of Habiganj. Siddique Hasan and his brothers attended St Xavier’s School and College in Kolkata.
Sir Fazle’s paternal grandfather was Khanbahadur Rafiqul Islam and his maternal grandfather was Khanbahadur Syed Moazzem Uddin Hossain, who hailed from Austagram in Kishoreganj district. Syed Moazzem Uddin Hossain was a provincial minister, first for agriculture and later for education, during the end of the British rule. Sir Fazle’s other paternal grandfather Nawab Justice Sir Syed Shamsul Huda served the executive committee of the Bengal Presidency Governor as its member. He was among the chief initiators of the University of Dhaka.
Sir Fazle went to several schools, firstly Habiganj Government High School, then Cumilla Zilla School, and finally Pabna Zilla School, from where he passed his matriculation in 1952. He passed higher secondary exams from Dhaka College in 1954. He took admission in the University of Dhaka to study honours in Physics, but did not complete, and moved to England. There he studied naval architecture at the University of Glasgow in Scotland for two years but left the department to study accounting. He completed Cost and Management Accounting in 1962.
Sir Fazle founded BRAC in 1972, at the age of 36, and served as its Executive Director until 2001.
At 65, he retired as Executive Director and was elected the Chairperson of BRAC Bangladesh. Later, he was also elected the Chairperson of BRAC International.
On August 6 of this year, he announced his retirement as Chairperson of BRAC Bangladesh and BRAC International. Since then he had been working as the chair emeritus of the world’s largest non-governmental organisation.
Abed started BRAC with a small relief and rehabilitation project in northeastern Bangladesh. Today, BRAC is one of the largest NGOs in the world, operating in eleven countries across Africa and Asia.
Abed has been honoured with numerous national and international awards. In 2009, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George by the British Crown for his services in reducing poverty.
Sir Fazle Abed is the lone Bangladeshi to be honoured with a knighthood by the British Crown. He was knighted in 2010.
On November 20 this year, he was honoured with the Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his successful work in alleviating poverty, especially of women and children.
He was also awarded as Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed was born on 27 April in 1936 in Baniachang village of Habiganj district. His father was Siddique Hasan and mother was Syeda Sufia Khatun. Siddique Hasan was the sub-registrar of Habiganj. Siddique Hasan and his brothers attended St Xavier’s School and College in Kolkata.
Sir Fazle’s paternal grandfather was Khanbahadur Rafiqul Islam and his maternal grandfather was Khanbahadur Syed Moazzem Uddin Hossain, who hailed from Austagram in Kishoreganj district. Syed Moazzem Uddin Hossain was a provincial minister, first for agriculture and later for education, during the end of the British rule. Sir Fazle’s other paternal grandfather Nawab Justice Sir Syed Shamsul Huda served the executive committee of the Bengal Presidency Governor as its member. He was among the chief initiators of the University of Dhaka.
Sir Fazle went to several schools, firstly Habiganj Government High School, then Cumilla Zilla School, and finally Pabna Zilla School, from where he passed his matriculation in 1952. He passed higher secondary exams from Dhaka College in 1954. He took admission in the University of Dhaka to study honours in Physics, but did not complete, and moved to England. There he studied naval architecture at the University of Glasgow in Scotland for two years but left the department to study accounting. He completed Cost and Management Accounting in 1962.
