Chief Adviser Yunus returns home from Dubai

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus concluded his visit to the United Arab Emirates on Friday after attending the World Governments Summit in the city of Dubai.

A flight carrying the Chief Adviser from Dubai landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 5pm, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told UNB.

Earlier, UAE Sports Minister Dr Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi saw him off at the Dubai airport as the Chief Adviser took an Emirates flight back home.

Apart from joining the WGS, the Chief Adviser met several UAE ministers on the sidelines of the summit.

Issues of mutual interests, including the visa restrictions on Bangladeshi nationals, the expansion of trade and commerce, UAE business plans to invest in Bangladesh's Chittagong Port and deepening sports and education ties were also discussed during the meetings.

During the talks, the Chief Adviser urged the UAE authorities to lift the visa restrictions on Bangladeshi citizens and recruit more workers from the country.

He invited Emirati companies to relocate their factories to Bangladesh.

He also agreed in principle to set up an exclusive industrial park for the UAE businesses after a proposal was made by UAE Trade  Minister Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi.

UAE groups can make Bangladesh a Halal product manufacturing hub, using Bangladesh's low-cost labour, the chief adviser told the trade minister, Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi.

The trade minister said he would like to lead a senior trade and investigation delegation to Bangladesh in the coming months.

Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain, Special Envoy of the Chief Adviser Lutfey Siddiqi and senior secretary Lamiya Morshed accompanied the Chief Adviser during the visit.