Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus will leave for New York on Sunday night to attend the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
The chief adviser will reach New York on Monday and address the UN General Assembly session on Friday, Chief Adviser's Senior Assistant Press Secretary Foyez Ahammad told BSS on Saturday evening.
Professor Yunus is scheduled to return home on October 2, he said.
Earlier, on Wednesday, Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain, at a briefing, said that four political leaders will join the Bangladesh delegation this year.
They are BNP Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, BNP leader Humayun Kabir, Jamaat-e-Islami Nayeb-e-Ameer Syeed Abdullah Muhammad Taher, and National Citizen Party (NCP) leader Akhtar Hossain.
In his speech, the chief adviser is expected to reflect on the government's activities over the past year and reaffirm the interim administration's commitment to restoring democracy through reforms and free and fair elections slated for February next year, Touhid Hossain said.
He also said this year's UNGA is especially significant for Bangladesh as on September 30, the UN will host for the first time a High-Level Conference on the Situation of Rohingya Muslims and Other Minorities in Myanmar.
