Brac founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed has passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Friday night.
He died at 8:28pm at Apollo Hospital, according to Brac Executive Director Asif Saleh.
Brac will brief the media later at night.
Sir Fazle founded BRAC in 1972. The organisation grew to be one of the largest non-government organisations in the world.
He retired from his role as the Chairperson of the governing body of BRAC Bangladesh and BRAC International and transitioned to the role of Chair Emeritus.
