, Sept. 25 -- Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has highlighted the importance of regional economic cooperation but cited current tensions with India over actions taken by Bangladeshi students.

"In the process, all of us benefit (regional economy) from that. So I said, we think about the regional economy. This is what we should be doing. We have problems with India right now because they didn't like what the students have done," he said during a conversation in New York.

Asia Society and the Asia Society Policy Institute hosted the Chief Adviser for an address on Wednesday. It was moderated by Dr. Kyung-wha Kang, President and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Society.

Prof Yunus introduced National Citizen Party (NCP) member secretary A...