Khulna, July 29 -- Academic activities at the Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (Kuet) resumed on Tuesday after a suspension of over five months, breaking the longstanding deadlock on the campus and bringing relief to its students.

The decision to resume the academic activities follows after the university's teachers' association agreed to suspend their protest programme for three weeks.

Earlier, on Monday, newly appointed Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md Maksud Helali instructed the teachers to resume classes from Tuesday.

The teachers had been boycotting academic duties since May 4 demanding justice over the assault on faculty members following a clash on the campus on February 18.

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