Dhaka, Jan. 27 -- The 54th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) was held on January 15-19, 2024 in Davos--a ski resort near Zurich. This small Alpine town immortalised by Thomas Mann in his novel The Magic Mountain hosts the WEF every January since its inception in the early1970s. The WEF 2024 was held under the theme of "Rebuilding trust" emphasising the connection between global unity and a thriving future for all.

Klause Schwab has been "Mr Davos" since he set up the forum in the early 1970s and remains its executive Chairman. During the conference he at a press conference said "only personal interaction creates the necessary level of trust, which we need so much in our fractured world" to put further emphasis on the confe...