Musk skips Business Summit, Starlink still shines

Elon Musk will not grace the upcoming Business Summit in Bangladesh, but his tech will. 

BIDA Executive Director Chowdhury Ashiq Mahmud bin Harun broke the news Sunday at the Foreign Service Academy on Bailey Road, tempering expectations with a shrug: “You should’ve figured he’s a no-show by now.”  

Musk, once a globe-trotting pitchman for Starlink, is tethered Stateside. “He’s in the US government now,” Ashiq explained, nodding to Musk’s new gig. “Things have changed since his country-hopping days.” No summit selfies with the Tesla titan—but Bangladesh is not off his radar entirely.  

The spotlight shifts to April 9, when Starlink officials roll into Hotel InterContinental for a demo. “Government folks at the summit will test it live,” Ashiq said, though commercial ops lag. 

“Ninety days is the goal—we’re watching the clock.” Musk might still get a call to christen the launch, a long-distance ribbon-cut.