Brac founder Sir Fazle Hasan Abed dies 

He was 83.

Sir Abed breathed his last at the hospital around 8:28pm, Ashif Saleh, executive director of Brac confirmed The Daily Star.

His body will be kept at army stadium on December 22 from 10:00am to 12:30pm so that people can pay their last respect to the departed soul, Saleh said.

Later, his namaz-e-janaza will be held there and he will be laid to eternal rest at Banani graveyard, the Brac official told the newspaper.

BRAC tweeted: "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we have to inform you of the passing of BRAC’s founder, Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. No words of consolation can take away the pain of losing him. We will honour his legacy with the same resilience, dignity and humility that he has instilled in us."

Bangladesh President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have mourned his death.

Mia Seppo, the UN Resident Coordinator of Bangladesh,  condoled his death and tweeted: "Condolences to the family and the @BRACworld
A life well lived and a legacy that no one who wants to learn how to change the world and how to lift one person and then the next one out of poverty can ever ignore."