{"id":56429,"date":"2019-12-20T21:31:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T21:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=56429"},"modified":"2019-12-22T21:37:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T21:37:22","slug":"brac-founder-sir-fazle-hasan-abed-no-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=56429","title":{"rendered":"BRAC founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed no more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img class=\"wp-image-56430 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/daily_sun_Sir_fazle_Hasan_Abed-jp_picture-300x171.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/daily_sun_Sir_fazle_Hasan_Abed-jp_picture-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/daily_sun_Sir_fazle_Hasan_Abed-jp_picture-696x398.jpg 696w, https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/daily_sun_Sir_fazle_Hasan_Abed-jp_picture.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/>Dhaka: Brac founder and the\u00a0chair emeritus Sir Fazle\u00a0Hasan Abed,KCMG, has passed away at a city hospital at the age of 83, according to media report.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He breathed his last at around 8:28 pm on Friday\u00a0while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals in the captal,\u00a0Brac Chairman Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman confirrmed the news to media.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Fazle Hasan Abed contributed a lot to the advancement of education, health and micro-credit sectors in Bangladesh through his organisation Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) that was founded in 1972.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It eventually grew into the world\u2019s largest indigenous NGO and a global brand in the development community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Later, BRAC University was founded in Dhaka. The university scored better position in the global ranking.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sir Fazle Abed\u00a0retired as the chairperson of Brac Bangladesh and Brac International in August 2019 and became the chair emeritus of the world\u2019s largest non-governmental organisation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On November 20, he was honoured with the Officer in the Order of Orange-Nassau for his successful work in alleviating poverty, especially of women and children.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Shortly after his retirement as BRAC chairman, Abed was admitted to the hospital on November 28 after he fell sick.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sir Fazle Abed is the lone Bangladeshi to be honoured with a knighthood by the British Crown. He was knighted in 2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">He has been honoured with numerous national and international awards, including the Outstanding Member of the South Asian Diaspora Award this month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Some other awards include World Food Prize (2015), Spanish Order of Civil Merit (2014), Leo Tolstoy International Gold Medal (2014), WISE Prize for Education (2011).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dhaka: Brac founder and the\u00a0chair emeritus Sir Fazle\u00a0Hasan Abed,KCMG, has passed away at a city hospital at the age of 83, according to media report. He breathed his last at around 8:28 pm on Friday\u00a0while undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals in the captal,\u00a0Brac Chairman Dr Hossain Zillur Rahman confirrmed the news to media. 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