CA returns home after nine-day visit to NY

Chief Adviser (CA) Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home on Thursday wrapping up his nine-day New York tour to attend the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, reports BSS.

A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourages landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital at 9:00 am.

Earlier, the flight departed from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA, at 11:10 pm on Tuesday (NY time). Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury and Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Tareq Md Ariful Islam saw the CA off at the airport.

During his visit, Prof Yunus delivered his speech at the 80th session of the UNGA on September 26. On September 30, he spoke at the 'Opening Session of the High-Level Conference on the Situation of the Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar' at the UN Headquarters.

On September 29, Prof Yunus held a meeting with UN Secretary General António Guterres. UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi called on him at his hotel.

Besides, the UN Under Secretary General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, Rabab Fatima, met the CA.

During his visit, Prof Yunus attended a reception hosted by US President Donald Trump, where he extended an invitation to the President to visit Bangladesh at his convenience.

The CA also joined bilateral meetings with heads of governments and states of a number of countries including the Netherlands, Pakistan, Bhutan and Kosovo.

Earlier, he left Dhaka for New York on September 22.