Professor Yunus to return home Saturday

Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus is set to depart Davos for Dhaka on Friday night (Switzerland time) via Zurich International Airport, concluding his four-day schedule at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, which included nearly 50 engagements.

Permanent representative of Bangladesh to the UN in Geneva ambassador Tareq Md Ariful Islam will see him off at the Zurich International Airport.

Yunus will reach Dhaka Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, chairman of the executive committee, Xenel Group (Red Sea Gateway Terminal Company Limited) Aamer Alireza on Friday met the chief adviser and discussed areas of cooperation.

The meeting was held during the World Economic Forum annual meeting, chief adviser’s deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told UNB.

American investor Ray Dalio, founder of Marino Management and Dalio Family Office also called on the chief adviser.

Chief adviser’s special envoy on International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi, principal coordinator on SDGs Affairs (Senior Secretary) Lamiya Morshed, chief adviser’s press secretary Shafiqul Alam and secretary (West) M Riaz Hamidullah, among others, are accompany Professor Yunus during the visit.

He arrived in Zurich, Switzerland on Tuesday afternoon to attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

The annual meeting 2025 brought together world leaders to address key global and regional challenges.

These include responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards, and stewarding just and inclusive energy transition.

This year’s meeting convened under the theme ‘Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’ and the programme will be oriented around five distinct but highly interconnected thematic priorities:

Some 3,000 leaders from over 130 countries, and 350 governmental leaders, including 60 heads of states and governments, from all key regions attended the event.