Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus landed at Shah Amanat International Airport by a Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight at 9:22am on Wednesday.
He was received at the airport by divisional and district-level government officials.
Earlier in the morning, the chief adviser began his visit to his home district of Chattogram on Wednesday morning for the first time since taking office, with a series of engagements planned during his roughly 12-hour stay.
Professor Yunus left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:45am for Chattogram, chief adviser鈥檚 deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told UNB.
He will attend as the chief guest at the fifth convocation of Chittagong University, where he will also deliver the convocation address, officials said.
Liberation War affairs adviser Farooq-e-Azam, shipping adviser Brigadier General (retd) M Sakhawat Hussain, education adviser CR Abrar, health adviser Nurjahan Begum and fisheries and livestocks adviser Farida Akhter, SDGs affairs principal coordinator Lamiya Morshed and chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam are accompanying the chief adviser.
In recognition of his contributions, Chittagong University will confer upon him an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.
A former faculty member of CU鈥檚 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 join the foundation stone-laying ceremony for a new rail-and-road bridge over the Karnaphuli River at Kalurghat apart from his other engagements.
He is likely to visit Chattogram port soon after his arrival in Chattogram, an official told UNB.
After the convocation, Professor Yunus will travel to his ancestral home at village Bathua under Shikarpur union of Hathazari upazila.
Chittagong University will host the largest convocation in the country鈥檚 history on Wednesday, awarding degrees to 22,586 students.
The event is set to take place on the university鈥檚 2,300-acre campus nestled in the hills of Hathazari, creating a vibrant and festive atmosphere.
The central event will be held at CU鈥檚 north campus field, where a 150,000-square-foot pavilion has been erected to accommodate over 25,000 guests.
The convocation will be broadcast live on LED screens placed at five key locations across campus.
In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate degree recipients, the university will honour 42 PhD awardees and 33 MPhil scholars.
CU vice-chancellor Professor Yeahia Akhter described the convocation as 鈥榓n academic celebration-an apex moment for any student,鈥� noting that CU students have been deprived of this experience for nearly a decade.
鈥楾hanks to the success of the anti-discrimination movement, we are finally making this happen,鈥� he told reporters.