School of Law of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) held the inaugural Intra-School Set Speech Competition on November 14 and 19, 2024. Asfi Fatima emerged as the champion, followed by Farhana Kamal Jame as the first runner-up and Lokman Shariar as the second runner-up.
Competition involved 25 participants who presented speeches on judicial independence in Bangladesh. The top 10 participants advanced to the final round, where the Acting Vice Chancellor of IUB, Khandker Md. Iftekhar Haider, attended the presentation. The event was coordinated by Anisur Rahman, PhD, Associate Professor in the Department of Law of IUB, and the final round was judged by Assaduzzaman Khan, PhD, Professor in the Department of Law, Md Jahid Hossain Bhuiyan, PhD, Professor, and Hassan Faruk Al Imran, PhD, Associate Professor. The judges assessed the speeches based on participants’ analytical depth, articulation, and engagement with the theme.