Yunus returns home after 9-day visit to New York

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday returned home, wrapping up his nine-day New York tour to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourages landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 9:00am, said Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abdul Kalam Azad Majumder. Earlier, the flight departed from John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, USA, at 11:10pm (NY time) on Tuesday. 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 the airport. During his visit, Prof Yunus delivered his speech at the...