Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- Invest Bangladesh, formerly the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, into which the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority and the Public-Private Partnership Authority has been merged, has won the "Outstanding LDC Investment Promotion Agency" recognition at the WAIPA Investment Excellence Awards in Geneva, Switzerland.

Riaz Hamidullah, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations, accepted the accolade on behalf of Invest Bangladesh on Tuesday evening (local time). The award was presented as part of the 30th World Investment Conference, organized by the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA) in Geneva from November 10 to 12. An independent international jury selected the agency a...