DU becomes champion
A two-day interuniversity Bangla and English debate competition concluded at Islamic University (IU) on Tuesday, with the distribution of prizes to the winning teams.
IU organised the competition under supervision of Bangladesh University Federation.
In English, the team from Dhaka University (DU) secured first place and was declared champion and the IU team was declared runners up.
In Bangla, DU was declared champion while Rajshahi University was runners up.
Fourteen universities took part in the debate competition.
IU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Rashid Askari was chief guest in the concluding session, while Professor Dr Mizanur Rahman, former chairman of Bangladesh Human Rights Commission, was guest of honour on the concluding day.
IU VC said debate inculcates the culture of agreeing to disagree in addition to promoting tolerance and peaceful co-existence in the society.
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