CA leaves New York for home

Professor Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser, concluded his nine-day US tour today and departed for home.

At 11:10 p.m. (NY time), a commercial Emirates airline jet carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Abdul Kalam Azad Majumder, the chief adviser’s deputy press secretary, informed BSS that the chief adviser was dropped off at John F. Kennedy Airport by Bangladesh’s ambassador to the United States, Tareq Md Ariful Islam, and the country’s permanent representative to the UN, Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury.

During his visit, Prof Yunus delivered his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (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 United Nations Headquarters here.

On September 29, Prof Yunus held a meeting with United Nations Secretary General António Guterres.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi called on Prof Yunus at his hotel here too.

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 Bangladesh Chief Adviser.

At a reception that U.S. President Donald Trump threw in New York during his visit, Prof. Yunus invited the president to visit Bangladesh whenever it would be convenient for him.

Additionally, the Chief Adviser participated in bilateral discussions with the leaders of other nations, including the Netherlands, Pakistan, Bhutan, and Kosovo.
On October 2, he is expected to return home.