Brac chief receives Rockefeller award

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BRAC chairperson Fazle Hasan Abed has received David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award 2008 for his innovative activities to empower the poor and help them secure human rights, reports bdnews24.com.
A statement from the world's largest NGO Thursday said David Rockefeller handed him the award at New York's Lincoln Centre in the US Tuesday.
Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan also received the prestigious prize this year.
The Synergos Institute gives the award every year since 2003. The award was named after Rockefeller, first recipient of the award.
Former South Africa president Nelson Mandela and Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates and William H Gates Sr, co-chairs, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, were honoured with the award last year.