Chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus returned home Saturday morning, wrapping up his four-day official tour to London.
A flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the chief adviser and his entourage landed at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka at about 9:45am, chief adviser鈥檚 senior assistant press secretary Foyez Ahammad told BSS.
While briefing reporters on Thursday, chief adviser鈥檚 press secretary Shafiqul Alam said that the main focus of chief adviser鈥檚 tour to London was on recovery of stolen assets.
鈥楧uring the Sheikh Hasina鈥檚 reign, $234 billion was siphoned off from Bangladesh to various countries. A part of it was laundered to the UK. So, the major focus of the Professor Yunus鈥檚 UK visit was on asset recovery,鈥� he told reporters in London.
On Friday, Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting chairman Tarique Rahman met Professor Yunus at a city hotel and during the meeting, they discussed Bangladesh鈥檚 next general elections, reform and other issues.
Yunus held a telephone conversation on Friday with former British prime minister Gordon Brown focusing on Bangladesh鈥檚 ongoing economic recovery efforts and the urgent need to enhance educational opportunities for Rohingya children.
He joined an interactive session with students at his hotel too.
On June 12, Yunus received the King Charles III Harmony Award at St James鈥檚 Palace in London. The award recognised his unique contribution to ensuring harmonious coexistence between people, nature and the environment, bringing about positive changes in the lives of the marginalised communities and building a peaceful, harmonious and sustainable world.
Catherine West, UK parliamentary under-secretary of state for Indo-Pacific, called on him at his hotel on the same day.
Besides, the chief adviser met Sir Lindsay Hoyle, speaker of the UK House of Commons in Westminster, London.
On June 11, the UK secretary of state for business and trade and president of the board of trade, Jonathan Reynolds, met Yunus at the British parliament.
The chief adviser spoke at an event at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in Chatham House. In addition, UK national security adviser Jonathan Powell called on him at his hotel.
On June 10, Airbus executive vice-president Wouter van Wersch and Menzies Aviation executive vice-president Charles Wyley called on Yunus expressing their eagerness to build a long-term partnership with Bangladesh.
Commonwealth secretary-general Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey met Yunus when she said that her organisation was keen to support Bangladesh in political reforms ahead of the planned general election next year.
A group of UK parliamentarian under the banner of All Party Parliamentary Group also called on the chief adviser.
Professor Yunus reached London on the four-day visit to the United Kingdom on June 10.