Dhaka, Feb. 4 -- Students at Government Titumir College have paused protests and returned to their classrooms after a week-long shutdown programme following "assurances" from the government regarding their demand to upgrade the institution to a university.

However, they have already announced they will resume their protest in a week if there is no visible progress on the assurances.

Classes were held from 8:45 am to 11:00 am on Tuesday, and the final exams for the third-year students were held at 12:30 pm, bdnews24.com reports.

"Our protest programme is now suspended for seven days. We'll announce the next course of action based on the government's decision," says student protest leader Nur Mohammad.

The students began staging a prote...