Dhaka, April 8 -- Bangladesh has officially joined NASA's Artemis Accords, becoming the 54th country to participate in collaborative space exploration initiatives with the United States' space research agency.

The agreement was signed on the sidelines of the Bangladesh Investment Summit 2025 at the InterContinental Dhaka hotel on Tuesday.

Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), shared the development at a press conference after the event.

"Artemis is geared towards the future generation who will explore space," he said. "They might not remain solely on Earth; they will potentially inhabit different planets.

"So, this future outlook formed the basis for a combined effo...