Bangladesh robotics team's visa rejected by Greece

Greece has rejected the visa application for the robotics team representing Bangladesh at the First Global Challenge 2024.

Greek embassy in New Delhi revealed this information through an official letter today.

The visas were rejected due to the team's application information being considered 'unreliable', it said.

This year, the team from Bangladesh consists of Areebah Nawar Anwar, 18 (South Breeze), Ishmam Shahrooz Chowdhury, 13 (Sunnydale), Rashad Rauf Chowdhury, 18 (Sunbeams), Rownak Reza Haque, 15 (Bangladesh International School and College), Sabera Zainab Chaudhury, 17 (Sunbeams), Samir Hossain-Judd, 17 (Sunbeams), and Syed Quafshat Taiyush Hamd, 16 (Scholastica).

Besides, the team also joined by four experienced mentors, including Mohammed Shams Jabber (Founder & CEO, The Tech Academy), Bhuban Mazumder (Brac University), Abdullah Al Sharfat (BUP), and Adrian Dip Mohanta (NSU).

The First Global Challenge is an international robotics competition scheduled to take place in Athens, Greece, from September 26 to 29, 2024.