17 Bangladeshi teams have won medals at the World Invention Competition and Exhibition (WICE) 2025, an international science and innovation contest, featuring projects across various categories. Among them, 14 teams won gold medals and 3 secured silver.
Nur Muhammad Mahi Shafiullah, a Bangladeshi researcher in artificial intelligence and robotics, has been named in MIT Technology Review’s ‘35 Innovators Under 35’ list for 2025. According to the list, he was recognised for his work on building robot intelligence that can operate in unstructured human environments.
Nusaiba Binte Mamun, a student at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), has been named a Kofi Annan Changemaker 2025, becoming the first Bangladeshi to receive this global recognition. The award, presented by the Kofi Annan Foundation, highlights young leaders between 18 and 30 years of age who are implementing measurable solutions to social challenges around the world.
Team Crack Platoon from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) is representing Bangladesh in Formula SAE Japan 2025, one of the world’s most prestigious engineering design competitions, where students build and race formula-style electric vehicles.
Two Bangladeshi teams, BRACU Crows from BRAC University and SUST Fanatics from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, represented the country at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2025 World Finals. The event was held from August 31 to September 5, 2025, in Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted by ADA University.
Three student teams from Bangladesh have won awards in different categories of the Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge 2025. Competing against thousands of participants from across the world, their projects focused on solving water-related problems and disaster challenges, especially relevant to Bangladesh.
Biko All In One, a student-led startup from Rajshahi University, has secured BDT 10 lakh pre-seed funding from the iDEA Project under the ICT Division of Bangladesh. The funding was handed over at the ICT Tower in Dhaka on June 29.
Rezaul Karim Arif, a Bangladeshi network engineer based in Melbourne, has built PixelFlow, an AI-powered web application that recently won the AI Showdown Hackathon, a global competition hosted by AI coding platform Lovable with support from Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
17 Bangladeshi teams have won medals at the World Invention Competition and Exhibition (WICE) 2025, an international science and innovation contest, featuring projects across various categories. Among them, 14 teams won gold medals and 3 secured silver.
Nur Muhammad Mahi Shafiullah, a Bangladeshi researcher in artificial intelligence and robotics, has been named in MIT Technology Review’s ‘35 Innovators Under 35’ list for 2025. According to the list, he was recognised for his work on building robot intelligence that can operate in unstructured human environments.
Nusaiba Binte Mamun, a student at Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology (RUET), has been named a Kofi Annan Changemaker 2025, becoming the first Bangladeshi to receive this global recognition. The award, presented by the Kofi Annan Foundation, highlights young leaders between 18 and 30 years of age who are implementing measurable solutions to social challenges around the world.
Team Crack Platoon from Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology (RUET) is representing Bangladesh in Formula SAE Japan 2025, one of the world’s most prestigious engineering design competitions, where students build and race formula-style electric vehicles.
Two Bangladeshi teams, BRACU Crows from BRAC University and SUST Fanatics from Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, represented the country at the International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) 2025 World Finals. The event was held from August 31 to September 5, 2025, in Baku, Azerbaijan, hosted by ADA University.
Three student teams from Bangladesh have won awards in different categories of the Xylem Global Student Innovation Challenge 2025. Competing against thousands of participants from across the world, their projects focused on solving water-related problems and disaster challenges, especially relevant to Bangladesh.
Biko All In One, a student-led startup from Rajshahi University, has secured BDT 10 lakh pre-seed funding from the iDEA Project under the ICT Division of Bangladesh. The funding was handed over at the ICT Tower in Dhaka on June 29.
Rezaul Karim Arif, a Bangladeshi network engineer based in Melbourne, has built PixelFlow, an AI-powered web application that recently won the AI Showdown Hackathon, a global competition hosted by AI coding platform Lovable with support from Google, Anthropic, and OpenAI.
UIU MARINER, a team from United International University (UIU), has secured 5th place globally in the Pioneer Class category at the MATE ROV World Championship 2025, becoming the highest-ranking team from Asia in this year’s competition.
Ornob Barua, a Bangladeshi student currently studying at Victoria University Sydney, has developed an app that is officially replacing Microsoft Excel for staff rostering operations at the university.
