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Published : 27 Nov 2025, 11:02 AM
Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), its Department of Global Studies and Governance (GSG) and its student club Global Gatekeepers have held a three-day flagship event to observe Global Day 2025.
Activities began with a three-day IUB Global Intra Model United Nations that started on Nov 21 and continued into Nov 22. The third day included an academic seminar, award ceremony, and cultural programme.
The Model UN conference was organised by Global Gatekeepers.
GSG and Global Gatekeepers observe Global Day as the department’s foundation day each year, with a large-scale celebration aligned with the United Nations theme, IUB said in a statement.
The closing session began with an academic seminar titled “Building Our Future Together: Hopes and Lessons,” aligned with the United Nations theme for 2025.
The chief guest at the event was Nepali Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari, while Md Shanewaz Hossain, associate professor of GSG, conducted the ceremony.
A dance performance of “Aguner Poroshmoni” by members of the IUB Dance Club opened the closing session.
Ambassador Bhandari said, “The UN is more than an institution or a platform for member states to deliberate on global issues. It is an embodiment of people’s collective commitment and shared responsibilities. Unfortunately, today this very spirit of relating with each other and our problems is missing. The pressing issues that were discussed during this workshop, and the debates were enlightening and insightful.”
Shah Asif Rahman, director general of the United Nations Wing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said: “This year’s UN theme ‘Building our future together’ celebrates the 80th anniversary of the UN. This phrase calls not for passive optimism but for active hope. Not for solitary effort but for burden sharing and common purpose.”
In his keynote address, Ambassador Tariq A Karim (retd), advisor to IUB’s Centre for Bay of Bengal Studies (CBoBS), said: “If we are to build now for a better future, the first step is to learn from both our times and from our failures in the past. The past has shown us that division leads only to stagnation and pain, be it wars, discrimination, or exclusion. But history also reminds us of moments where humanity overcame divisions.”
Didar A Hussain, chairman of the IUB Board of Trustees; Prof M Tamim, IUB vice chancellor; Prof Daniel W Lund, pro-vice chancellor; Dr Imtiaz A Hussain, professor of GSG; and Dr Marufa Akter, associate professor and head, GSG, spoke at the event.
Sudhir Muralidharan, country manager at UNOPS Bangladesh, also spoke.
Awards and recognitions were presented to Executive Board members, delegates, and committee performers. Dance and musical performances were also put on by IUB students.
