UNB, Singapore :
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chair Emeritus of BRAC, was honoured with the ‘Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora Award (OMSAD)’ at the Fourth South Asian Diaspora Convention held at the National University of Singapore on November 15-17.
As Fazle Hasan was unwell and unable to
travel, the award was received on his behalf by Dr Manzoor Ahmed, Executive Director of the BRAC Centre for Peace and Justice, from Senior Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam at a very well-attended gala function on Friday.
Earlier, all the distinguished guests were welcomed by Ambassador Gopinath Pillai, the Chairman of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), a very prestigious and globally renowned think-tank located in Singapore.
Principal Research Fellow of ISAS, Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, read out the citation on behalf of the organisers.
The citation for the award recognised Sir Fazle Hasan Abed as “a social worker with a humane heart”. It recognised contemporary Bangladesh as “a country on the rise with its phenomenal progress being viewed as a remarkable achievement in all quarters”.
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder and Chair Emeritus of BRAC, was honoured with the ‘Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora Award (OMSAD)’ at the Fourth South Asian Diaspora Convention held at the National University of Singapore on November 15-17.
As Fazle Hasan was unwell and unable to
travel, the award was received on his behalf by Dr Manzoor Ahmed, Executive Director of the BRAC Centre for Peace and Justice, from Senior Minister of Singapore Tharman Shanmugaratnam at a very well-attended gala function on Friday.
Earlier, all the distinguished guests were welcomed by Ambassador Gopinath Pillai, the Chairman of the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), a very prestigious and globally renowned think-tank located in Singapore.
Principal Research Fellow of ISAS, Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, read out the citation on behalf of the organisers.
The citation for the award recognised Sir Fazle Hasan Abed as “a social worker with a humane heart”. It recognised contemporary Bangladesh as “a country on the rise with its phenomenal progress being viewed as a remarkable achievement in all quarters”.
