What is Fazle Hasan Abed?
{{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = [[Sir]] | name = Fazle Hasan Abed | honorific_suffix = [[Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] | image = Sir Fazle Hasan Abed receives Thomas Francis, Jr. Medal.jpg | caption = Abed receiving the Thomas Francis Jr Medal from the [[University of Michigan]] (April 2016) | native_name = ফজলে হাসান আবেদ | native_name_lang = bn | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1936|4|27}} | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|12|20|1936|4|27}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Sir Fazle Hasan Abed passes away|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/sir-fazle-hasan-abed-passes-away-dhaka-1842982|website=thedailystar.net|date=20 December 2019|access-date=21 December 2019|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220190425/https://www.thedailystar.net/country/news/sir-fazle-hasan-abed-passes-away-dhaka-1842982|url-status=live}}</ref> | birth_place = [[Baniachong Upazila|Baniachong]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]] | death_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]] | nationality = Bangladeshi | education = [[Naval Architecture]] | alma_mater = [[Dhaka College]], [[University of Glasgow]] | occupation = Chair Emeritus, BRAC | known_for = Founder and Chair Emeritus of [[BRAC (NGO)|BRAC]] }} '''Sir Fazle Hasan Abed''' [[Order of St Michael and St George|KCMG]] (27 April 1936 – 20 December 2019) was a Bangladeshi businessman. He was the founder and Chair Emeritus of [[BRAC (NGO)|BRAC]]. This was one of the world's largest [[non-governmental organizations]]. Abed died on 20 December 2019 at a [[Dhaka]] hospital from [[respiratory failure]] caused by [[glioblastoma]], aged 83.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/light-has-gone-out-1843129|title=A LIGHT HAS GONE OUT|date=2019-12-20|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-12-21|archive-date=2019-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org