CA arrives in New York to attend 80th UNGA session

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Tuesday arrived here in New York, the United States of America (USA), to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

A commercial flight of Emirates airlines carrying the Chief Adviser and his entourage landed at the John F Kennedy International Airport, New York, at 3:00 pm (NY time) today.

This year, the Chief Adviser’s entourage members include six political leaders while five- BNP Secretary-General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP acting chairman's foreign affairs adviser Humayun Kabir, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syeed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, National Citizen Party (NCP) member-secretary Akhter Hossen and NCP’s first senior joint member secretary Dr Tasnim Jara- are accompanying Professor Yunus as part of the official delegation from Dhaka.

Jamaat leader Mohammad Nakibur Rahman joined the delegation here from the United States.

Earlier, the Emirates airlines flight carrying the chief adviser and his entourage departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka at 1.40 am (BD time) on September 22.

According to the tour schedule, Prof Yunus will address the UN General Assembly on September 26.