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World University of Bangladesh Debating Club (WUBDC) has won the Shadow-Parliament Debate Competition titled 'Formation of Acceptable Election Commission Depends on the Goodwill of Political Parties' organized by ATN Bangla 'Debate for Democracy', held on January 22, 2022 at FDC. The debaters of World University of Bangladesh defeated the debaters of Bangladesh University of Business and Technology (BUBT).

Honorable Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. Abdul Mannan Choudhury congratulated and sent his best wishes to the winning team and all the members of the WUB Debating Club. At the same time, he expressed his gratitude to the chairman of ATN Bangla's 'Debate for Democracy' and all those associated with it.

A. T. M. Shamsul Huda, Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), was present as the chief guest. He said the draft law proposed for the formation of the Election Commission (EC) should be finalized on the basis of the views of all concerned, involving the major political parties. Good governance is hampered if there is no political will to increase institutional capacity.

Hasan Ahmed Chowdhury Kiran, chairman of Debate for Democracy, presided over the function. Professor Abu Mohammad Rais, Dr. S M Morshed, Journalist Arafat Ali Siddique and Journalist Atika Rahman were present as judges in the competition. At the end of the competition, trophies and certificates were distributed among the participating teams.