Opinion
BRAC: A Development Partner That Grew Up With the Country
As BRAC marks its golden jubilee, Shykh Seraj recalls how the organisation founded by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed grew alongside Bangladesh and changed life in its villages.
Agricultural journalist
Shykh Seraj
Shykh Seraj is a Bangladeshi agricultural journalist and broadcaster, founding Director and Head of News of Channel i. He has made farming programmes for television since 1982: Mati O Manush on Bangladesh Television, then Hridoye Mati O Manush on Channel i from 2004. He received the Ekushey Padak (1995), the FAO A.H. Boerma Award (2008-09) and the Independence Award (2018). The Agro News publishes his programmes, reports and columns under his name. · 364 stories
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