Brac founder and the chair emeritus Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, KCMG, will be laid to rest at Banani graveyard on Sunday afternoon.

His mortal remains will be kept at the Army Stadium for two hours from 10:30 am on Sunday to allow people to pay their last respects to him, Brac said in a statement.

His Namaz-e-Janaza will also be held there at 12.30 pm. He will be laid to rest at the Banani graveyard in the capital on the same day.

Sir Fazle Hasan Abed died on Friday at Apollo Hospitals in Bashundhara Residential Area of the capital where he was undergoing treatment as he was battling a malignant tumour of the brain.

President Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Dhaka North City Corporation mayor Atiqul Islam expressed condolence at his death.