Community Bank donates Tk5 lakh for Bangladesh's junior science olympiad team
The funding will support Bangladesh’s participation in the 23rd International Junior Science Olympiad in Bulgaria in December.
TBS Report
12 October, 2026, 08:20 pm
Last modified: 12 October, 2026, 08:22 pm
Community Bank Bangladesh PLC has donated Tk5 lakh to support Bangladeshi students participating in the 23rd International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO), scheduled to be held in Bulgaria from 2 to 9 December.
The bank's Chairman and Inspector General of Police Md Ali Hossain Fakir handed over the cheque to Education and Primary and Mass Education Minister ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milon at the Secretariat today (12 October).
The donation, drawn from the bank's corporate social responsibility (CSR) fund, was made to the Prime Minister's Education Assistance Trust to provide financial assistance for the students' participation.
Barrister Gias Uddin, special assistant to the prime minister; Community Bank Managing Director Mohammad Imtiaz Uddin; bank director and Additional Inspector General of Police Khondker Rafiqul Islam; and Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police Ahmmed Mueed attended the event.
The IJSO is an international competition in which school students from different countries demonstrate their scientific knowledge, creativity and problem-solving skills.