Milestone should be relocated: BIP
The Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area is situated within the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport鈥檚 approach area (runway take-off and landing), said urban planners on Friday.
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Special prayers held for Uttara air crash victims
Special prayers were held in all mosques in the country after jumma prayers on Friday seeking eternal peace of the departed souls of those killed in the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College in Uttara on Monday.
Indian govt school roof collapse kills seven children
Part of the roof and walls of a government-run school collapsed in western India, killing at least seven children and injuring 26 others on Friday, police said.
BAF JET CRASH: Two more die, death toll hits 33
The death toll from the July 21 Bangladesh Air Force jet crash into Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area reached 33 as two more victims died on Friday.
BAF JET CRASH: Govt approves state honour for 2 Milestone teachers
The government on Thursday decided to confer a state honour on two teachers from Milestone School and College who were killed in the recent jet crash in Dhaka鈥檚 Uttara.
Establishing discrimination-free society demanded
Vice-chancellor of the Bangladesh Medical University Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a programme in Dhaka on Thursday said that by embodying the spirit of the July uprising, a society and state with non-discrimination and justice must be established in the future...
Schoolboy drowns in Gaibandha
A schoolboy drowned in a pond at Horin Singha village under Ramchandrapur union of Gaibandha Sadar upazila Thursday afternoon...
BAF JET CRASH:聽Bodies of five聽victims identified by DNA tests
The forensic DNA laboratory of the Criminal Investigation Department on Thursday disclosed identities of five charred bodies found in a building of Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into it on July 21.
Postponed HSC exams rescheduled
The Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations of July 22 and July 24, postponed in the wake of the fighter jet crash, will be held in August...
Rumours spreading on social media over death toll: ISPR director
Inter Services Public Relation Directorate director Lieutenant Colonel Sami Ud Dowla Chowdhury in a text to media on Wednesday said that rumours were spreading on social media about the death toll in Monday鈥檚 Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash on a building of Milestone School and College at Uttara in Dhaka.
Transforming tragedy into meaningful change
THE Milestone School and College jet crash of July 21, 2025, is a national tragedy of unspeakable proportions 鈥� one that transcends the conscience of the entire nation. The tragic and untimely deaths of our children have plunged the country into profound grief. For the families affected, the loss is irreparable, and those who survived will undoubtedly carry the trauma...
US to leave UN cultural body, citing 鈥榥ational interest鈥�
The United States said Tuesday it would quit UNESCO, saying the UN cultural and education agency, best known for establishing world heritage sites, is biased against Israel and promotes 鈥榙ivisive鈥� causes...
Pilot Towkir laid to rest in Rajshahi
Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam, the pilot of the Bangladesh Air Force jet that crashed into Milestone School and College in the capital鈥檚 Uttara area killing at least 31 people, including him, was laid to rest in Rajshahi Tuesday afternoon...
Death toll reaches 31, including 24 students
The death toll in the Bangladesh Air Force jet crash on a building of Milestone School and College at Uttara in the city reached 31 on Tuesday while seven bodies were yet to be identified...
Bangladesh observes state mourning for jet crash victims
A one-day state mourning was observed on Tuesday over deaths in Monday鈥檚 crash of a Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet on the campus of Milestone School and College in Dhaka鈥檚 Diabari area, which left at least 31 people dead and 165 injured as of Tuesday evening....
Prime Bank to give Tk聽5 Crore to support victims of Milestone plane crash
Prime Bank PLC has committed to contribute of Tk聽5 crore to support the medical treatment and rehabilitation of the critically injured students and teachers of the tragic aircraft crash at Milestone School and College at Uttara in Dhaka...
MCCI mourns BAF jet crash incident
The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka has expressed its profound shock and deepest sorrow at the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft into Milestone School and college campus in Uttara, Dhaka on Monday...
Humans beat AI gold-level score at top maths contest
Humans beat generative AI models made by Google and OpenAI at a top international mathematics competition, despite the programmes reaching gold-level scores for the first time...
White House restricts WSJ access to Trump over Epstein story
The White House on Monday barred The Wall Street Journal from traveling with US president Donald Trump during his upcoming visit to Scotland, after the newspaper reported that he wrote a bawdy birthday message to his former friend, alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein...
Grieving public demands accountability, investigation
NEW Age deeply mourns the unimaginable loss of lives from the Bangladesh Air Force jet crashing into Milestone School and College campus in Uttara and stands in solidarity with the bereaved student, teachers, parents and larger community in grief. An air force training aircraft, the FT-7 BGI, crashed into the campus immediately after take-off in early afternoon on July...
Former England star Gascoigne released from hospital
Former Tottenham and England midfielder Paul Gascoigne is recovering at home after being released from hospital.
Govt withdraws education secy
Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam on Tuesday said the education secretary Siddique Zobair has already been withdrawn.
BAPI expresses sorrow over loss of lives in BAF jet crash
The executive committee of the Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Industry Association has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the crash of a BAF jet into Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka, on July 21, says a press release.
Law, edn advisers confined for 9 hours
Milestone School and College students, their parents and alumni, as well as other people, on Tuesday staged demonstrations on and outside the campus throughout the day, alleging that the members of the security forces were concealing the bodies and hiding the actual number of deaths in Monday鈥檚 Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash...
BAF JET CRASH: Guardians desperately search for missing children
Desperate guardians on Tuesday continued to search for their children missing after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara, Dhaka on Monday.
Govt postpones Tuesday鈥檚 HSC, equivalent exams across Bangladesh
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government postponed Higher Secondary Certificate and its equivalent examinations scheduled to be held on Tuesday in the country.
Use of AI in medical science inevitable: BMU VC
Bangladesh Medical University vice-chancellor Professor Dr Md Shahinul Alam at a seminar in Dhaka on Monday said that the use of artificial intelligence in medical science was inevitable...
Proportional representation to spur separatism, extremism, fascism: Tarique
Bangladesh Nationalist party acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Monday strongly opposed the demand made by several political parties for the introduction of a proportional representation electoral system, saying that it would encourage 鈥榮eparatism, fascism and extremism鈥� in the state and politics...
Bangladesh Air Force jet crash: Guardians run from hospital to hospital
Guardians of the students of Milestone School and College were seen on Monday searching desperately for their children in the vicinity of the school and from hospital to hospital in the capital Dhaka after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into one of the buildings of the educational institution at Uttara...
Scuffle on stage at London opera as performer unfurls Palestinian flag
London鈥檚 Royal Opera House on Sunday condemned as 鈥榳holly inappropriate鈥� the actions of a performer who held up a Palestinian flag onstage at the end of a performance...