Rajshahi Test Venue Movement Council (RTVMC) yesterday called off their protest programme scheduled for today following 'fruitful discussions' with the Joint Forces here over shifting of floodlights.

Liaqat Ali, convener of RTVMC said that the Joint Forces promised and took responsibility for taking back the floodlights from Dhaka.

"They promised us that they would take back the floodlights just after the international matches," he said.

National Cricket Council is taking floodlights from Rajshahi Divisional Stadium to Mirpur's Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Dhaka for holding the tri-nation one-day series from June 8.

Talking to newsmen, Liaqat also said that the Joint Forces promised them to convince the Chief of Army Staff Gen Moeen U Ahmed about arrangement of holding Test matches in the northwestern city.

Moeen U Ahmed is likely to visit Rajshahi on April 26.

However, NCC officials promised from the very beginning that the Rajshahi floodlights are being taken to Mirpur on a temporary period.