RU officers call off ‘complete shutdown’, teachers keep classes, exams suspended

The Rajshahi University Officers Association has withdrawn its “complete shutdown” after issuing a seven-day ultimatum, though the Nationalist Teachers Forum has kept academic activities suspended. Islami Islami Chhatra Shibir, meanwhile, staged a human chain on campus protesting against the shutdown. Announcing the withdrawal of the shutdown on Wednesday afternoon, Officers Association President Moktar Hossain said: “On Tuesday senior university officials sat with us in a meeting. They asked for some time to address our demands. “In response, [On Wednesday] we sat in a meeting with officers and teachers and decided unanimously to give the administration seven days. So from 1pm we have withdrawn the shutdown.” He warned that tougher programmes would follow if the authorities failed to implement the demands...