CA’s Ctg visit packed with engagements

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus began his visit to his home district Chattogram on Wednesday morning for the first time since taking the office, with a series of engagements planned during his 12-hour stay, reports UNB.

Muhammad Yunus departed Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:45 am for Chattogram, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder said.

He landed at Shah Amanat International Airport on a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 9:22 am, where he was received by divisional and district-level government officials.

Liberation War Affairs Adviser Farooq-e-Azam, Shipping Adviser Brigadier General (retd) Dr M Sakhawat Hussain, Education Adviser CR Abrar, Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum, Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter, SDG Affairs Principal Coordinator Lamiya Morshed, and Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam are accompanying the Chief Adviser.

He will attend the fifth convocation of Chittagong University (CU) as the chief guest, where he will also deliver the convocation address, officials said.

In recognition of his contributions, Chittagong University will confer upon him an honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt) degree.

As a former faculty member of CU's Economics Department and a Nobel Laureate, his return to the campus is being hailed as a historic moment.

From Chattogram Circuit House, the chief adviser will attend the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new rail-and-road bridge over the Karnaphuli River at Kalurghat, among other scheduled engagements.

He is also likely to visit Chattogram Port soon after his arrival, an official told UNB.

After the convocation, he will travel to his ancestral home in Bathua village of Shikarpur union, Hathazari upazila.