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3 more dengue deaths, 444 fresh cases recorded in 24 hrs
06:04 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayThree more deaths were reported from dengue in the last 24 hours (from Monday 8:00am to Tuesday 8:00am), taking the total number of fatalities from the mosquito-borne disease to 65 this year.
Chinese FM shocked at heavy casualties in Dhaka aircraft crash
05:28 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayChinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has expressed deep condolences for the casualties in Monday’s fighter aircraft crash in Dhaka’s Uttara and conveyed heartfelt sympathies to their bereaved families and injured...
Info gap on student IDs delays lifesaving care after crash
04:59 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayIn the aftermath of the warplane crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara, injured students were rushed to various hospitals, many unconscious and unable to speak. Despite wearing school-issued ID cards around their necks, medical teams faced significant delays in identifying the students and initiating emergency treatment.
Teacher recalls horror: 350 students in class when plane crashed
04:43 PM, 22 Jul 2025 Tuesday"Our institution has over 10,000 students across all sections. In the school division alone, there are 3,800 students. At the time of the crash, approximately 350 students were attending classes in the building where the plane struck."
Police disperse students using batons, sound grenades at secretariat
04:34 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdaySeveral hundred student protesters demanding various reforms stormed the Bangladesh Secretariat through Gate 1 and went on a rampage, damaging vehicles parked inside the Secretariat on Tuesday, July 22, afternoon.
Education secy Siddique withdrawn
04:24 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayThe government has withdrawn Education Ministry's Senior Secretary Siddique Zobair. Information Adviser Mahfuz Alam, also member secretary of the Advisory Council Committee on Public Administration, shared this information...
Advisers fail to leave Milestone despite heavy police escort
04:00 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayLaw Adviser Asif Nazrul and Education Adviser CR Abrar were unable to leave Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara on Tuesday, despite a heavy police escort, after being confined for five hours by protesting students.
Thursday’s HSC exam postponed, too: Education adviser
03:55 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayThe government has decided to postpone the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examinations scheduled for Thursday (July 24) in the face of student protests...
Hundreds of students storm secretariat
03:34 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdaySeveral thousand student protesters demanding various reforms stormed into the Bangladesh Secretariat through Gate 1 on Tuesday, July 22, around 3:40pm.The demonstrators were chanting slogans such as "Fake, fake," "Why did my brother die? Administration, answer!" and "Action, Action, Direct Action!"
Govt considers each of six demands of Milestone students ‘reasonable’
03:23 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayThe government has deemed all six demands from students affected by the plane crash at Milestone School and College in the capital as reasonable, according to a statement issued on Tuesday, July 22.
Pilot Tauqir’s first namaz-e-janaza held in Kurmitola
03:00 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayThe first funeral prayer (namaz-e-janaza) of Flight Lieutenant Md Tauqir Islam Sagar, who died in Monday’s plane crash, was held in Kurmitola, Dhaka, on Tuesday.
No exact info on how many students were inside Milestone building
02:08 PM, 22 Jul 2025 TuesdayFollowing the tragic crash of a training aircraft onto a building of Milestone School and College in Uttara, conflicting information has been circulating regarding the number of casualties. Students began protesting on Tuesday morning, alleging that the authorities are not providing accurate information about the death toll.