Amongst the 15 final contestants, Firoza Ashravee with the speech title ‘Decision of Life’ got the biggest applause from the four Japanese judges and won the first prize.
Anika Begum and Nuruzzaman also delivered splendid speeches and were awarded the second and third position.
Firoza and Anika will participate in the South Asian Federation of Japanese Universities Alumni Association (SAFJUAA) Japanese Language Speech Contest later in this year, representing Bangladesh, said the Japanese Embassy in Dhaka.
The speech contest is one of the flagship cultural events which is annually organised by the Embassy of Japan and the Japanese Universities Alumni Association in Bangladesh.
The contest was sponsored by Japanese corporates and organisations, such as Grameen UNIQLO, Japanese Restaurant Nagasaki, Nissenken Quality Evaluation Center, Rohto Mentholatum Bangladesh and Japan Commerce & Industry Association in Dhaka.
Currently, there are approximately 4,800 Japanese language learners in Bangladesh.