Bangladesh earned one silver and five bronze medals at IMO 2026, scoring a national-record 121 points and finishing 39th among 117 teams.

Ahmed Rakin Kamal and Ratul Mahanta's work on time-dependent type-IIB flux backgrounds appeared in JHEP in June 2026.

Professor Mahbubul Alam Majumdar received the Ekushey Padak in the Education category, with BRAC University highlighting his work promoting mathematics and the Mathematics Olympiad.

The D=11 versus D=10 one-loop four-point analysis appeared in JHEP in February 2026.

ICTP recognised Professor Majumdar for efforts to strengthen Bangladesh's scientific and educational foundations.

BRAC University and ICTP Physics Without Frontiers hosted an advanced residential school in Savar on cosmology, string theory, black holes and mathematical physics.