Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is scheduled to depart Dhaka late Sunday night for New York to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly.

According to Senior Assistant Press Secretary Fayez Ahmed, Yunus will arrive in New York on September 22 and deliver his address to the General Assembly on September 26. He is expected to return to Dhaka on October 2.

Accompanying him on this trip are four political leaders: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, Akhtar Hossain, and Humayun Kabir.

Additionally, on September 30, Yunus will join a high-level meeting titled “High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar”, chaired by the President of the UN General Assembly.