Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus will leave for Rome, the capital of Italy, on 12 October to join a global meeting of the World Food Programme (WFP).

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam disclosed the information at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy here this afternoon.

Apart from delivering a speech at the WFP event, he said, the chief adviser will meet high profile personalities on the sidelines of the meeting.

He also briefed the media about the details of a meeting of the National Steering Committee held at the Chief Adviser's Office in the city's Tejgaon area with Prof Yunus in the chair.