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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crashes due to technical malfunction: ISPR
The FT-7 BGI fighter jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed due to a technical malfunction it faced immediately after taking off from BAF Base Bashar in Dhaka鈥檚 Kurmitola at 1:06pm on Monday, killing 19 people, including the pilot, Flight Lieutenant Md. Towkir Islam, said an ISPR release.
BAF JET CRASH: Parents desperately await news of children
Parents gathered at the gate of Milestone School and College in Diabari, Uttara, seeking information about their children after a Bangladesh Air Force jet crashed into the educational institution on Monday afternoon.
Teacher shortage in govt primary schools unacceptable
ABOUT half of government primary schools running without headteachers highlights the sheer neglect that primary education continues to suffer. Official records show that the position of headteacher is vacant in 32,000 schools. According to the 2023 Annual Primary School Census, there are 65,567 government primary schools, which means that 48.8 per cent of the schools...
Half of govt pry schools across Bangladesh without head teachers
Almost half of the government primary schools across the country are running without the head teachers, causing grave concern among academicians and researchers who fear that the situation is harming both the academic environment and overall management...
Milestone College achieves success in SSC exams
Milestone College has achieved success in the secondary school certificate examination in 2025...
None from 134 instts passes, number of instts with 100pc pass drops
No students passed from 134 educational institutions, mostly madrassahs, in the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations this year across Bangladesh...
Girls outsmart boys again
The combined pass rate in the Secondary School Certificate and its equivalent examinations this year has recorded its lowest in 15 years, with the number of students securing the grade point average of 5 falling...
MBPLC hosts school banking confce in Netrokona聽
Mercantile Bank PLC hosted 鈥楽chool Banking Conference-2025鈥� in Netrokona on June 28, said a press release...
Youth arrested on charges of abduction, rape of schoolgirl
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion on Monday night arrested a youth on charges of kidnapping and raping a Class VII schoolgirl in Rajshahi...
Haor areas to get 10 secondary school buildings
The government has taken a project to build 10 secondary schools at 10 upazilas of haor areas of the country...
