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Fazle Hasan Abed in the mid-2000s. It was during his time at Shell that the devastating cyclone of 1970 hit the south and south-eastern coastal regions of the country, killing 300,000 people. The cyclone had a profound effect on Abed. In the face of such devastation, he said the comforts and perks of a corporate executive's life ceased to ...
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC. Known formerly as the Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee, then as the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, and later as Building Resources Across Communities, [11] BRAC was initiated in 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at Shallah Upazillah in the district of Sunamganj as a large scale relief and rehabilitation project to help returning war ...
Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, the world’s largest nongovernmental development organization, has died. Abed, who was undergoing treatment for a ...
Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG (1936–2019), Bangladeshi social worker, founder and chairman of BRAC; Molla Fazle Akbar, three-star rank Bangladesh Army officer; Fazle Hossain Badsha (born 1952), Bangladeshi politician; A.B.M. Fazle Karim Chowdhury (born 1954), Bangladesh Awami League Member of Parliament
Tamara Hasan Abed is a Bangladeshi social worker and entrepreneur. [1] She is the eldest daughter of Fazle Hasan Abed, [2] founder and chair of BRAC.. Tamara Hasan Abed has held numerous positions within the BRAC organisation, including chair of the Board of Trustees of BRAC University, [3] and directorships of BRAC Enterprises, BRAC IPDC, [4] BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited, [5] BRAC EPL ...
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of the world's largest international development NGO, BRAC; Samson H. Chowdhury, chairman of Astras Ltd. and Square (Bangladesh) Syed Manzur Elahi, founder of Apex Group [3] Iqbal Quadir, co-founder of GrameenPhone; Mahmudur Rahman, newspaper owner and editor
The Ayesha Abed Library was digitized shortly after its inception. [10] The university had 11,200 students in 20 schools, departments, and institutes in 2020. [ citation needed ] In 2023, Brac University authorities have proposed to change its name to "Sir Fazle Hasan Abed University", and "Abed University" for short. [ 11 ]
[25] [26] [27] Among others, the list also includes YouTube founder Jawed Karim, Brac's founder and chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of Khan Academy Salman Khan, JAAGO Foundation's founder Korvi Rakshand, lawyer Sara Hossain, cricketer Shakib Al Hasan, CEO of Medtronic Omar Ishrak, founder of Sumazi.com Sumaya Kazi and Everest climber ...