AIUB drama club organises three-day national drama event
The AIUB Drama Club organised the ADC National Drama Fiesta 2025, a three-day inter-college and inter-university drama competition, on 8–10 December at the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB).
The event, supported by AIUB's Office of Student Affairs (OSA), celebrated creativity, freedom of expression and theatrical performance. The programme was inaugurated by Nadia Anwar, Chairman and Founder Member of the AIUB Board of Trustees.
She was joined by Md Abdur Rahman, Pro-Vice Chancellor; Manzur H Khan, Proctor; Ziarat H Khan, Deputy Director of OSA; and Shama Islam, Special Assistant of OSA.
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Participants from 15 institutions across the country competed during the first two days. The adjudication panel included Tariq Anam Khan, actor, director and writer; Mojaffor Hossain, translator at Bangla Academy and literary critic; ASM Maruf Kabir, Visiting Scholar at New York University's TISC School of the Arts; Mohammad Niaz Majumder, Senior Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Mass Communication, AIUB; Shahrina Afrin Siddique, Lecturer, Department of English; and Shihab Saqib, Assistant Professor, Department of English, AIUB.
In the inter-college segment, Birshreshtha Noor Mohammad Public College emerged champions, while Birshreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College finished as first runners-up. Team Ontim-Agnijhor, comprising students from multiple colleges, secured the second runners-up position.
In the inter-university category, IUB Theatre won the championship, followed by the University of Asia Pacific as first runners-up and Titumir Nattya Dol as second runners-up.
At the closing ceremony, held on 10 December, trophies and a total prize pool of Tk64,000 were distributed among the winners. The awards were presented by Professor Md Abdur Rahman; Professor Manzur H Khan; M Hamidul Haque, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of English; Dipty Rahman, Mentor of the AIUB Drama Club; Rifat Al Mostakim, President of the club; and other executive committee members.
