A team from Bangladesh has recently won 2 silver and 1 bronze medal at the 16th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) 2023. This year’s competition consisted of 256 student participants from 50 nations, with this being the first time Bangladesh won a silver medal in this global event.
This year, the Open World Astronomy Olympiad (OWAO) was organised for the first time ever and was held in Saransk, Russia from September 26 to October 2.