Dhaka University, Jan. 27 -- Dhaka University authorities have suspended all examinations and classes scheduled for Monday, citing unavoidable circumstances.

Mohammad Rafiqul Islam, acting director at the university's Public Relations Office has confirmed this.

The authorities took the decision hours after the students of DU and seven colleges, including Dhaka College, clashed on the streets till midnight on Sunday.

At around 10pm, students of Dhaka College tried to enter the DU area with a protest march, aiming at surrounding the office of the DU Pro Vice-Chancellor (academic) Professor Mamun Ahmed, through the Liberation and Democracy Arch.

When this news spread, students from several DU dormitories started to come out to resist the...