BD wins 6 bronze medals at IJSO

Bangladesh team won six bronze medals at the 22nd International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO-2025).

Al-Arafah Islami Bank is the title sponsor of the Bangladesh team, says a press release.

This international Olympiad, with the participation of 25 countries, was held in the tourist city of Sochi on the Black Sea coast of Russia from November 23 to December 1. A six-member Bangladesh team participated in the IJSO and all six achieved the honour of winning medals this time. The winners were awarded medals at a grand ceremony at a convention hall on the Black Sea coast on December 1.

Bronze medals were won by Abrar Jahin Pathan, a class 8 student of St. Joseph's Higher Secondary School, Vihan Pal, a class 9 student of Ideal School and College, Ahnaf Ahmed Sinan of Chittagong Cantonment Public College, HM Azizur Rahman Alif, a class 9 student of Golgatha English Medium School, and Nashwan Haque Mahir, a class 9 student of Dhaka Residential Model College and Ruffa Noor Jariyah, a class 10 student at Jessore Police Lines Secondary School.

It is worth noting that every year, the Bangladesh team for the International Junior Science Olympiad, sponsored by Al Arafah Islami Bank, is jointly selected by the Bangladesh Science Popularization Association and the Bangladesh Freedom Foundation.