In the European Girls Math Olympiad (EGMO) 2022, once again, the girls from Bangladesh have won 4 medals. Nujhat Ahmed Disha, a class X student of Viquarunnisa Noon School and College and Rayan Bintay Mostafa, a class XI student of Holycross College, won bronze medals this time.
Arifa Alam, a class XI student of St. Francis Xavier's Girls’ School and College and Afsana Akter, a class X student of Holycross Girls’ High School also received honorary recognition. Bangladesh is ranked 29th out of 57 countries with a total of 57 points.
Four members of the Bangladesh team from a center in Dhaka took part virtually in the two-day competition on April 8 and 9. The Olympiad was organized by the Hungarian organizing committee.
Munir Hasan, the
protagonist behind the Olympiad, said that our girls are constantly rising like a phoenix. I wrote the word ‘optimistic’ before going to bed last night. We will get a medal in the European Girls Math Olympiad. That's when I knew there would be two bronzes. Our team leader Ipsita Bonhi said that the number three will run for number 1. Two bronzes, two respectable recognitions. None of the four returned empty-handed. They lifted our pride a little higher.
Earlier, EGMO 2021 was held on April 11 and 12 last year. 213 contestants from 55 countries participated in the competition. In the first round, Bangladeshi contestant Nujhat Ahmed Disha won a silver medal with 15 points and Rayan Bintay Mostafa won a bronze medal with 8 points.
Besides, Arifa Alam and Safa Tasnim also got good marks by participating in this International Olympiad for the first time. The total points of Bangladesh team is 57. As a team, the score of Bangladesh team is ahead of many countries like India and Netherlands.