New York, Sept. 23 -- Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus faced protests in New York with Bangladesh Awami League leaders and activists throwing eggs at his entourage, which includes Akhtar Hossain, member secretary of the newly formed National Citizen Party (NCP).

Yunus and other members from Bangladesh who arrived in New York on September 22 (local time) to attend the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and faced protests outside JFK International Airport by leaders and workers of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League party.

Video footage that has gone viral on social media shows protesters throwing eggs at Akhtar Hossain, calling him a "terrorist" and shouting slogans against Yunus.

Akhtar was one of t...