Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus returned home on Thursday morning, concluding a nine-day visit marked by extensive engagements during the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

An Emirates Airlines commercial flight carrying the Chief Adviser and his small entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 9am.

Prof Yunus left New York on Tuesday night (US time) for Dhaka via Dubai.

Bangladesh Ambassador to the United States Tareq Md Ariful Islam and Bangladesh's Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Salahuddin Noman Chowdhury saw him off at John F Kennedy International Airport, said Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.

Prof Yunus began his UNGA tour o...