Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today left here for home wrapping up his nine-day US tour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A commercial flight of Emirates airline carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage departed John F Kennedy International Airport here at 11:10 pm (NY time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury and Bangladesh Ambassador to the USA Tareq Md Ariful Islam saw the Chief Adviser off at John F Kennedy Airport, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abdul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his visit, Prof Yunus delivered his speech at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On September 29, Prof Yunus held a meeting with United Nations Secretary General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi called on Prof Yunus at his hotel here too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his New York visit, Prof Yunus attended a reception hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in New York, where he extended an invitation to the President to visit Bangladesh at his convenience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chief Adviser also joined bilateral meetings with heads of governments and states of a number of countries including Netherlands, Pakistan, Bhutan and Kosovo.
He is scheduled to return home on October 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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