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Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday left Rome for home a day after joining the funeral mass of Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in Vatican City.
He departed from Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport around 8:00 am (12:00 noon Bangladesh Standard Time) on Sunday, Chief Adviser's Deputy Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder told BSS news agency.
Prof Yunus is expected to arrive home in the early hours of Monday.
Wrapping up his four-day Qatar tour on April 25, he flew directly to Rome to pay his last respects to his old friend, Pope Francis.
On Saturday, he joined the funeral of Pope Francis at St Peter's Basilica.
Ahead of the funeral and after the service, the Chief Adviser exchanged greetings with some of the world leaders, including UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, EU President Ursula von der Leyen, former US President Joe Biden, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, the President of Kenya, the President of Montenegro, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the President of Ecuador, the President of East Timor, the Prime Minister of Honduras, the President of Iceland, the President of Portugal, the King and Queen of Belgium, the Prime Minister of Belgium, Prince Albert of Monaco, the Prince and Princess of Norway, the Prime Minister of Tunisia, the Prince and Princess of Liechtenstein, the Director General of WHO, the President of the IOC, the foreign ministers of Sri Lanka, Bahrain, and Syria, and a former US Secretary of State.
On Saturday, Silvano Maria Tomasi, Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church, called on Bangladesh Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at his hotel.
Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue George Jacob Koovakad also met the chief adviser at his hotel.
Additionally, Uruguay's Foreign Minister Mario Lubetkin called on Prof. Yunus at his hotel as well.