44 Innovations Receive Awards at Bangladesh ICT and Innovation Awards
Staff Reporter
05 October 2026, 15:42
The Bangladesh ICT and Innovation Network (BIN) has recognised 44 innovative projects at the Bangladesh ICT and Innovation Awards 2026, selected from 355 submissions.
The awards ceremony was held on Saturday (03 October) at the BRAC University campus in Dhaka, where 9 innovations received champion awards, 10 were named winners and 25 earned innovation merit awards.
Fakir Mahbub Anam, minister for posts, telecommunications and information technology and minister for science and technology, presented the awards as the chief guest.
Speaking at the event, Mahbub said Bangladesh has a large pool of young people generating promising ideas, but the country has yet to develop sufficient capacity to turn those ideas into practical solutions.
“Artificial intelligence is becoming an important part of our lives. About seven lakh students complete their undergraduate degrees in Bangladesh every year,” he said.
He stressed the need to connect the country’s young population with technology and innovation and make better use of their creativity, skills and innovative thinking.
Md Zonayed Abdur Rahim Saki, state minister for planning, attended the event as the special guest. Md Anwar Hossain, secretary of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Maj Gen (retd) Md Imdad Ul Bari, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission, were present as guests of honour.
Zonayed said science, information technology and innovation were closely connected with economic development. He added that the government wanted to increase allocations for research.
“There is no doubt that the government, businesses, and educational institutions must come together … to bring these innovations into real collaboration,” he said.
Syed Almas Kabir, chairman of BIN, called for stronger policies to safeguard innovations and increased private-sector investment in research. “Our education system must give more importance to innovation and research. It is not enough just to use technology; we must create our own technology and knowledge,” he said.
A total of 355 projects were submitted by organisations, educational institutions and individuals or teams. Following an initial selection, 118 projects advanced to the final evaluation.
A 40-member judging panel assessed the shortlisted projects based on originality, public utility, commercial potential and technical quality. The panel included government officials, banking and corporate executives, academics, chamber representatives, startup experts and technology journalists.
The nine champion awards went to three organisational projects, namely “Shokriyo DMS”, “My ECG AI” and “The Sukhi Way: Connected Care Through Integrated Digital Services”. Five student projects also received champion awards: “AgentIAM”, “Chronic”, “Sync V-1: Braille Embosser”, “Arbor” and “BrailleBridge”. “Bindo” won the champion award in the individual/team category.
The champion and winner innovations will be nominated to represent Bangladesh at the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards 2026.
Saurav Tarafdar, team leader of “Sync V-1”, said the team developed a Braille printer at a cost of Tk 28,000, while conventional models cost around Tk 7 lakh.
“If we get funding, we can produce this product on a much larger scale,” he said.
Eastern Bank, CartUp, American International University-Bangladesh, Mutual Trust Bank, Grameen HealthTech, Super Star Group and Walton sponsored the event.
