Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at BRAC Centre in Dhaka. Photo: Zia IslamSir Fazle Hasan Abed, four years before founding BRAC. Photo: BRACFazle Hasan Abed in an undated picture taken in 1972 in Markuli, Sylhet. Photo: BRACSir Fazle Hasan Abed shakes hand with Tibet spiritual leader Dalai Lama in 2009. Photo: CollectedThis photo taken from Sir Fazle Hasan Abed`s family album shows his father Siddiq Hasan (sitting on left), uncle Atiqul Hasan (sitting on right), and Nawab Justice Sir Syed Shamsul Huda KCIE (sitting in the middle), uncle of Siddiq Hasan and Atiqul Hasan.This photo taken from Sir Fazle Hasan Abed`s family album shows him caressing a child.Sir Fazle Hasan Abed at his office at BRAC Centre in Dhaka. Photo: Zia IslamSir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and chairperson of BRAC, is being knighted by Prince Charles in a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London in 2010 for contribution to poverty reduction. Photo: CollectedSir Fazle Hasan Abed visits a BRAC school. Photo: BRACSir Fazle Hasan Abed amid students of a BRAC school. Photo: BRACSir Fazle Hasan Abed (R) during the inauguration of BRAC Bank in 2001. Photo: BRACFazle Hasan Abed interacts with women while visiting a BRAC programme in 2005 with Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates and Bill and Melinda Gates co-founder Melinda Gates. Photo: BRACIndian actor Shabana Azmi (L), Bangladeshi doplomat Faruq Ahmed Choudhury, BRAC founder and chairperson Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, and Humayun Kabir. Photo: BRACSir Fazle Hasan Abed works with colleagues. Photo: BRACSir Fazle Hasan Abed, former UK prime minister Tony Blair and former UK first lady Cherie Blair during a field visit in 2002. Photo: BRACSir Fazle Hasan Abed talks with workers while visiting a farm. Photo: Nasir Ali Mamun