Two-day debate festival ends at Barisal

A two-day divisional debate festival styled as 'My Information, My right' for promoting Citizens Access to information ended at Ashwani Kumar Hall of the city on Saturday afternoon. Management and Resources Development Initiative (MRDI) in association with Manusher Janno, Jagroto Nagorik Committee, Bangladesh Debate Federation (BDF) and Bangladesh Debate Society (BDS) organized the festival. Presided over by Hasibur Rahaman Mukur, executive director of MRDI, Professor Golam Rahaman, chief Information Commissioner, as the chief guest, Nepal Chandra Sarker, Information Commissioner, Shahin Anam, Executive Director Manusher Janno, Nurul Alam, acting divisional commissioner, Gazi Md Saifuzzaman, deputy commissioner Barisal, as special guests, attended the closing ceremony of the programme. A number of 108 students 36 teams, including 16 in the school level, 12 in the college level and eight in university level, participated in the festival.