Dhaka, April 9 -- Bangladesh enters into 'Artemis Accords' with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States for partnership in exploration and use of outer space, including the Moon, to advance "national-development goals".

The Artemis Accords are a set of non-binding agreements designed to promote peaceful and cooperative civil exploration of outer space, it was stated in signing the deal Tuesday.

Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Dhaka Trucey Ann Jacobson and Bangladesh Defence Secretary Md Ashraf Uddin inked the space-cooperation instrument at a ceremony held in a Dhaka hotel on the sidelines of the ongoing investment summit.

Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BI...