Says health ministry; Families of missing children urged to visit CID HQ and submit samples

Grief, sorrow, and collective rage gripped the capital yesterday as people tried to come to terms with the one of the worst aviation disasters in the country’s history.

The acrid stench of charred wood and melted plastic still clung to the air as onlookers gathered around the Milestone School and College building in Uttara’s Diabari.

The image of him running across the Milestone School and College field, his body scorched, in a desperate attempt to survive, shook the nation when the video went viral on social media after the incident on Monday.

The death toll from the jet crash at Milestone School and College rose to 32 yesterday, as the nation reeled from shock and grief following the country’s deadliest aviation tragedy in years.

It should serve as a wake-up call for aviation safety and emergency response

Around 1:55pm, under police protection, Asif Nazrul spoke through a handheld microphone in front of building 5

A new date for the July 24 exams will be announced once the regular examinations conclude, said a press release

Besides, 165 others were injured in the incident, the ISPR said in a statement issued around 2:15pm

Students, parents recall near escapes

The parade and a namaz-e-janaza took place at the Kurmitola Parade Ground

Loved ones of victims wait anxiously outside burn institute after Milestone tragedy

To mark the day, the national flags have been flown at half-mast at all government, semi-government, autonomous, and educational institutions across the country.

Twenty bodies have so far been handed over to their respective families

Siblings Aryan Ashraf Nafi and Tania Ashraf Nazia lie side by side at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery, their small bodies covered in bandages.

Toll may rise; around 170 injured, many critically; ISPR says ‘mechanical failure’ caused BAF training plane to plunge into Uttara school

The move comes following yesterday's Air Force fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara's Diabari that left at least 22 killed and 169 injured

Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, whose FT-7 jet crashed into Milestone School & College yesterday, was of the 35 squadron, 76 BAFA course.

Mahreen Chowdhury, 46, a coordinator of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, died yesterday after sustaining 80 percent burns while trying to escort students outside after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into one of the school buildings.

Aviation experts and pilots, both military and civilian, yesterday questioned the rationale behind allowing military aircraft to conduct training exercises over a densely populated area like Dhaka.