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Jet crashes into school, kills 20, injures 171

A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft Monday crashed into Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Uttara and burst into flames, leaving at least 20 dead and 171 wounded, many of them severely burnt. The pilot of the fighter jet died at a hospital while undergoing treatment.Army and fire-service personnel rushed...

1-day state mourning today

The government on Monday declared a one-day state mourning to be observed on Tuesday following the tragic crash of a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft in Diabari, reports UNB.Chief Adviser Professor Muhammed Yunus expressed deep shock and sorrow over the tragic incident.To mark the mourning, the national flag will...

World mourns tragic accident

Bangladesh's international friends mourned and expressed solidarity on Monday with the country over the tragic incident in Diabari, reports UNB. India, Japan, the European Union (EU), Switzerland, and Pakistan have all issued separate messages expressing their support for Bangladesh. "Deeply shocked and saddened at the loss of lives, many of...

Grief, desperation echo around Burn Institute

Ambulances are arriving one after another, bringing in the injured. Families are rushing through the hospital floors, desperately searching for their children. Many parents are standing in the hallways, crying. The entire hospital is filled with panic, shouting, and sorrow. People are lining up at the blood bank to donate...

Suddenly turns school classes into inferno!

Moments before the kids would hear the school bell had they heard a bang and fireball ramming into their classrooms. Some succumbed instantly, many let out screams out of life-sapping burns. Such are eyewitness accounts of Monday's air-force jet crash into a Dhaka school and college that horrified all around....

BD among top eight countries with largest unbanked population

More than half of the world's adults without financial accounts live in eight countries, including Bangladesh, according to the latest Global Findex 2025 report published by the World Bank (WB).The report reveals that over 650 million adults, or 53 per cent of the global population without financial accounts, are concentrated...

Russian firm offers to build failsafe onshore terminal

A Russian oil-and-gas exploration company has offered to build a failsafe onshore gravity-based structure (GBS) LNG terminal in Bangladesh to facilitate catering the country's insatiate gas demand.Officials say Novatek, which has a strong footprint on global energy turfs, has proposed to build the 7.50-million-tonne-per-year (MTPA)- capacity facility at around US$730...