CA leaves NY for home

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus has left New York for home wrapping up his four-day USA visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and other high level side events.

“A commercial flight of the Qatar Airways carrying the chief adviser and his entourages departed from the JKF International Airport in New York at 9:30 pm (NY Time) on Friday,” CA’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam said.

Prof Yunus is expected to reach the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 2:15 am (local time) on September 29.

Alam said the chief adviser joined 40 high-level meetings with heads of government of 12 countries, including US President Joe Biden, and heads of different international organisations.

“We think it was a big step for Bangladesh to advance its economic and diplomatic relations and partnership with world,” he said.

The chief adviser arrived in New York on September 23 to attend the 79th UNGA session.

He held a bilateral meeting with US President Joseph R Biden on Tuesday (September 24) and addressed the UNGA session on Friday (September 27).

Prof Yunus also joined bilateral talks with the United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Pakistan Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma and Netherlands Prime Minister Dick Schoof, among others.