The 13-week-long annual robotics competition, styled after the Olympics, is being held online this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Bangladesh has been participating in the competition since 2017. Team Bangladesh secured 7th position out of 190 countries in the 2019 FIRST Global Challenge and are aiming for first this time. Shams Jaber, founder of The Tech Academy and chief mentor of the team, told Dhaka Tribune he has high hopes for the team, and they deserve to win the competition this year. Shoaib Mirza is technical mentor and Fardin Ananta is assistant mentor of Team Bangladesh this year.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 04, 2020 12:33 UTC