It was Bangladesh’s turn on Thursday, April 1st, 2004 in the Mercator College Country Information Day series to present land, culture and people to the IUB community. The comparatively few Bangladeshi students did a fantastic job in spite of other academic commitments, in giving a very informative and entertaining insight into diverse socio-cultural and geo-political aspects of Bangladesh. Information in all their complexities relating to their historical and current relevance and also background information and their implications for modern day Bangladesh were very creatively presented in form of a TV-news, cultural aspects acted out in mini-plays and we even had the social experience of learning to play Ha-du-du first hand. College master Klaus Boehnke turned out to be the toughest opponent of the Bangladeshi team who of course had the advantage of experience. Ha-du-du is a popular game in Bangladesh. Dance and a taste of Bangladeshi delicatesses concluded the evening.

This is what Tasaffy Hossain and Sami Chowdhury had to say about the challenge of hosting the Bangladeshi CID. “Upholding the history, geography and culture of your own country on a land far far away from home seems like a overwhelming idea and it was nothing short of that for us. We were full of ideas, there was so much to do and yet so little time. The "ha-du-du" game with Klaus almost beating us at our own sport was indeed a highlight of the show. But the best attraction was the play, depicting the stereotypical wedding process in BD, with everyone spontaneously acting out his or her character. I don't think it gets any better than this. The small technical difficulties that had its own charm reminded us of the usual Bangladeshi faults at any ceremony. We have to admit that making the whole event possible took a lot out of only the 7 of us. But, at the end of it all, it turned out amazing and so much more fulfilling than we would have had even imagined!”