Traditional Debate
Government vs Opposition, three speakers each, prepared scripts. The format BDS practises most.
Bogura’s first professional debating organisation · founded 01 April 2025
Weekly practice debates, workshops and tournaments for the students of Bogura — building a culture of reasoned thinking, research and dialogue.

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Practice debates
17+
Institutions reached
130+
Solo Speech entrants
7
Major events
What happened between April 2025 and August 2026
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Practice debates completed
Apr 2025 – Aug 2026
17+
School & college workshops
Campus Connect campaign
300+
Largest single audience
Govt. Azizul Haque College, 27 Nov 2025
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Upazilas reached
Dupchanchia · Gabtali · Shibganj
550+
Students judged at one festival
Cultural Fest 2026
Purpose
To build a culture of reasoned thinking, research and dialogue among young people — through regular debate training, workshops, regional and national competitions, and public forums.
— From the founding declaration
Read moreThe regular work of BDS
We work across five formats
Government vs Opposition, three speakers each, prepared scripts. The format BDS practises most.
Government and Opposition benches, a Speaker and points of information. Asian and British Parliamentary are the international English forms of the same tradition.
A solo format beyond for-and-against: each speaker interprets the topic in their own way.
Argument wrapped in comedy — wit, timing and wordplay.
Three to five minutes on a single theme. BDS’s very first competition used this format.
Three to four sessions a week — every one of them recorded
Taking debate into the schools and colleges of Bogura
সরকারি আজিজুল হক কলেজ (উচ্চমাধ্যমিক)
২৭ নভেম্বর ২০২৫ · বগুড়া শহর
দুপচাঁচিয়া সরকারি পাইলট মডেল উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
০৮ ডিসেম্বর ২০২৫ · দুপচাঁচিয়া
গাবতলী পাইলট উচ্চ বিদ্যালয়
২১ জুলাই ২০২৬ · গাবতলী
Where we have been
The events that shaped the BDS story

A traditional-format tournament co-hosted with Tarjani, featuring four invited college teams, a five-member adjudication panel and guests from NDF BD.
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An introduction, a debate workshop and a traditional show debate — the fifty-seat event that brought BDS offline for the first time.
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The first BDS competition — fully online, free to enter, with 130+ entrants and an eight-member adjudication panel.
Read moreVictory Day Barwari Debate
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Thirty-five speakers in the prelims, sixteen in the final — an open-format event marking Victory Day.
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Around fifty students from colleges across Bogura learned the basics of debate at Banani House — free of charge, with a certificate for everyone.
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What we believe
আমাদের বিশ্বাস
A young person who learns to argue with reason does not just win debates they learn where they stand.
Bogura Debating Society
Founded 01 April 2025
Advisors, mentors and the executive committee
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The interim committee currently in charge of day-to-day operations, workshops and tournaments.
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Experienced figures from the national debate circuit who guide BDS.
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Our bridge to the debating clubs of Bogura’s colleges.
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Debaters from universities and medical colleges across the country who run our workshops and practice sessions.
Co-hosts, institutions and sponsors
No debate experience needed — just curiosity and the nerve to stand up.