The national-level occasion of the 47th National Science and Technology Week will start in Dhaka tomorrow, bringing collectively college students, younger scientists, innovators and entrepreneurs from throughout the nation.
The three-day occasion will probably be held from 14 June to 16 June 2026 on the National Science and Technology Complex in Agargaon beneath the theme “Science and technology for building an innovation-driven Bangladesh”.
The National Museum of Science and Technology, beneath the Ministry of Science and Technology, has been organising National Science and Technology Week since 1978. Since 2017, the Science Olympiad and science quiz competitors have additionally been included in the programme.
As a part of this 12 months’s national-level occasion, initiatives by newbie younger scientists from throughout the nation will probably be displayed. The tenth National Science Olympiad and the tenth Science Quiz Competition can even be held.
Around 250 contestants and innovators from completely different components of the nation will take part in the three-day nationwide science competition.
Students, guardians, lecturers, eminent personalities, famend scientists, senior officers, heads of various departments and companies, authorities secretaries, advisers, ministers and greater than 1,000 visitors from throughout the nation are anticipated to attend the occasion.
Visitors from completely different professions can even attend the undertaking stalls to see the improvements of younger inventors and science lovers.
The authorities anticipate that immediately’s younger scientists, by the sustainable utility of expertise, mind and creativity, will assist construct a affluent Bangladesh in the long run.
Under National Science and Technology Week, the National Museum of Science and Technology organises the occasion yearly in 4 phases throughout the nation.
In the primary stage, science and expertise week is held in all upazilas. The programme contains undertaking displays by younger innovators, a Science Olympiad and a science quiz competitors.
Winners from the upazila degree then participate in the district-level competitors in the second stage. Winners from the district degree later take part in the divisional-level occasion in the third stage.
In the fourth stage, winners and one of the best initiatives from the divisional degree participate in the national-level National Science and Technology Week.
Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Science and Technology Minister Fakir Mahbub Anam, MP, will attend the opening ceremony because the chief visitor at 10am on 14 June and inaugurate the science honest.
The national-level occasion will conclude on 16 June with the prize distribution ceremony at 11am. Prime Minister’s Adviser on Post, Telecommunications and Information Technology and Science and Technology Rehan Asif Asad will attend the closing ceremony because the chief visitor and distribute prizes among the many winners.
Science and Technology Secretary Md Anwar Hossain will chair each the opening and closing ceremonies.