DHAKA: Thousands gathered in Bangladesh on Sunday (Dec 22) for the funeral of Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of one of the world's largest NGOs and credited with lifting nearly 150 million people out of poverty.
The 83-year-old passed away on Friday in a Dhaka hospital while undergoing treatment for a brain tumour.
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