No protest, but curious onlookers are still crowding Milestone School gates
A curious crowd of onlookers has gathered outside the Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Diabari, the site of a deadly fighter jet crash, but authorities are not allowing them to enter. People from surrounding areas gathered at the main gate of the school since the morning on Wednesday. The main gate has been closed because outsiders “create many problems”, said Md Moniruzzaman Mia, academic director of all branches of Milestone. Some of them demanded that the details of students who were at the school during the incident be posted at the main gate. Although the main gate to the school is closed, much of the campus can still be seen from outside.
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July 23, 2025 13:14 UTC
Journalists get new rules for covering polls
The election commission has introduced new guidelines defining what journalists can and cannot do while covering elections in Bangladesh. The directive outlines strict limitations, including a ban on live broadcasting from inside polling booths and restrictions on taking photographs inside secret voting rooms. It applies not only to next general election but also to all local government polls -- covering district, Upazila, union, municipality, and city corporation levels. WHAT’S PERMITTED, WHAT’S NOTAccredited journalists may enter polling centres and are allowed to collect information, photos, and videos after informing the presiding officer. No more than two journalists may enter a polling booth at once, and their stay must not exceed 10 minutes.
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July 23, 2025 12:42 UTC
Exams cannot be suspended by a single person’s decision, says education advisor
Education Advisor Chowdhury Rafiqul Abrar says the decision to suspend the ongoing Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) exams after the fighter jet crash at Milestone School and College in Dhaka was delayed because such decisions cannot be made at the whim of a single person. On Tuesday, a group of students besieged the Secretariat all day to demand the resignation of the education advisor and the education secretary over this incident. Under pressure, the government suspended the education secretary that day. When a journalist asked on Wednesday whether he would resign, the education advisor became visibly angry. After nearly nine hours, he, Law Advisor Asif Nazrul, and Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam were able to leave the scene.
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July 23, 2025 11:31 UTC
World Court is poised to mark the future course of climate litigation
World Court is poised to mark the future course of climate litigationFILE PHOTO: The Dragon Bravo Fire burns on the northern rim as seen from Grandeur Point on the southern rim of Grand Canyon, Arizona, US Jul 14, 2025. REUTERSThe United Nations' highest court will deliver an opinion on Wednesday that is likely to determine the course of future climate action across the world. Known as an advisory opinion, the deliberation of the 15 judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague is legally non-binding. It nevertheless carries legal and political weight and future climate cases would be unable to ignore it, legal experts say. "This opinion is applying binding international law, which countries have already committed to.
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July 23, 2025 11:17 UTC
Trump's Golden Dome looks for alternatives to Musk's SpaceX
In the search for more vendors for the satellite layers of Golden Dome, "Kuiper is a big one," a US official said. Traditional defense giants Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and L3Harris are also in talks to support Golden Dome. RAPID TIMEFRAMETrump launched the Golden Dome initiative just a week into his second term, pushing for rapid deployment. Hours after Reuters published its story Tuesday morning, the Pentagon issued a press release acknowledging that an architecture for Golden Dome will be "developed within the next 60 days." Beyond the technical and political challenges, Golden Dome could reshape global security dynamics.
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July 22, 2025 20:56 UTC
‘I’m a cursed father carrying his child’s body’: pilot Towkir’s father at funeral
After the funeral prayers, Towkir’s body was taken to Supura graveyard where he was laid to rest with a guard of honour. In a short memorial before that, Towkir’s father, Tohurul Islam, gave a tearful address: “I am that cursed father who carried his child’s body on his shoulder. Earlier in the day, a Bangladesh Air Force helicopter flew Towkir’s remains from Dhaka to the Rajshahi Cantonment. He joined the Air Force in 2016. Towkir’s aircraft crashed into Milestone School and College during a solo training flight, killing at least 28 people, mostly schoolchildren.
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July 22, 2025 15:58 UTC
Students break into secretariat to demand education adviser’s resignation
Students have stormed the Secretariat to demand the resignations of the education adviser and the education secretary. Initially, the students surrounded the Dhaka Education Board on Tuesday afternoon. Students from Dhaka’s Birsreshtha Munshi Abdur Rouf Public College, Dhaka College, City College, Ideal College, Noor Muhammad College, Mirpur Bangla College, Commerce College, Adamjee Cantonment College, Mirpur College, and other students sitting for their Higher Secondary Certificate exams and their juniors are taking part in the protest. All those responsible for the education board should be dismissed and all education boards should use the same question papers, he said. “We demand the resignation of this education secretary and education adviser.
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July 22, 2025 10:35 UTC
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July 21, 2025 18:30 UTC
BRAC Bank shares worth Tk 18.5mn traded on DSE block market
BRAC Bank shares worth Tk 18.5 million have been traded on the block market of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).It accounted for 17.59 percent of the day's total block trades worth Tk 105.2 million on the main bourse of the country on Sunday.A total of 302,000 shares of the bank changed hands at a rate of Tk 61.50 each in a single transaction involving one buyer.In the main market, BRAC Bank's shares were traded between Tk 61.60 and Tk 64.60, closing at Tk 63.80.The bank also led turnover on the DSE in the previous week, averaging daily transactions worth Tk 206.2 million, or around 3 percent of the exchange's average daily turnover. BRAC Bank still holds the largest single shareholding on the bourse at 46 percent.Managing Director Selim RF Hussain resigned on May 27, nine months before his contract was due to end. Three days later, Meheriar M Hasan, an independent director since 2020, was appointed chairman at a board meeting.Speculation over leadership changes had triggered a share price dip in May from around Tk 54 to Tk 46. Since then, the stock has been on an upward trend.On Sunday, National Credit Ratings Ltd Chairman AK Abdul Mubin announced plans to sell 14,299 BRAC Bank shares at market price within 30 days.DSE's benchmark index gained 61 points to reach 5,194. The steepest losers were Express Insurance, SEML Lecture Equity Management Fund, and Rahim Textile Mills.
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July 21, 2025 17:07 UTC
Military jet pilot tried everything to minimise damage, says ISPR
Military jet pilot tried everything to minimise damage, says ISPRThe pilot of the military jet that crashed in Dhaka, killing 19 people, including students, made an "all-out effort" to minimise damage, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). As part of a routine training exercise, an F-7 BGI fighter jet took off from the Bangladesh Air Force Base Bir Uttam AK Khandker in Kurmitola at 1:06pm on Monday, the agency said. The crash at least left 19 people dead, including the pilot, and injured 164 others. The wounded were transported to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and nearby medical facilities by Air Force aircraft and ambulances. The ISPR says the Air Force has formed a high-level probe committee to determine the cause of the accident.
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July 21, 2025 17:00 UTC
Journalist Sohel Manzur dies
DHAKA, July 21, 2025 (BSS) – Eminent journalist Sohel Manzur, Publisher and Editor of the News Times, died of cardiac arrest at his residence in the city’s Mohammadpur area today. He left behind his wife, a son, a daughter and a host of relatives and well-wishers to mourn his death. Sohel Manzur was also an adviser of Journalism and Media Studies Department of Atish Dipankar University of Science and Technology (ADUST). ADUST Board of Trustee Chairman Shamsul Alam Liton, member secretary Md Kamruzzaman Litu and Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Md Jahangir Alam expressed profound shock and sorrows at the death of Sohel Manzur. Besides, Economic Reporters Forum (ERF) President Doulat Akther and General Secretary Abul Kashem also expressed deep shock and sorrows at the death of Sohel Manzur.
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July 21, 2025 15:50 UTC
Foreign doctors will be flown in if necessary: Law Adviser
Law Advisor Asif Nazrul has said doctors from overseas will be brought if necessary to treat the students who were burnt in the Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crash inside Milestone School and College in Dhaka's Diabari. “The Burn Institute has informed that they have made all necessary preparations for medical treatment. If required, foreign doctors will be arranged. Health and family welfare ministry Special Assistant Sayedur Rahman reported that more than 70 injured students are currently undergoing treatment at multiple hospitals. Of them, 11 were taken to Combined Military Hospital (CMH), two to Kurmitola General Hospital, and one to the Burn Institute.
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July 21, 2025 15:50 UTC
1 dead as Bangladesh Air Force plane crashes into school building in Dhaka
At least one person has died and more than 50 students have been injured or burnt after a Bangladesh Air Force aircraft crashed into Milestone School and College campus in Dhaka’s Diabari. Lima Khanam, duty officer at the Fire Service Central Control Room, said: “The training aircraft crashed at the Milestone School and College in Diabari. Shah Bulbul, a Milestone School and College spokesman, said: “The plane fell on the gate and crashed nearby. Classes were in session where the plane crashed with young students inside. Most of the burn victims are students, and all of their conditions are critical.”
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July 21, 2025 14:45 UTC
Fighter jet crashes close to airport, kills 20, injures hundreds mostly children in Dhaka school
REUTERS/StringerHaving completed all phases of his Bangladesh Air Force training, Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam was flying solo over Dhaka skies in an F-7BGI fighter jet. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said an F-7 BGI fighter jet of the Bangladesh Air Force crashed 12 minutes after takeoff at 1:06pm. It added that “unfortunately” the aircraft crashed into a two-storey building of Milestone School and College in Diabari, Dhaka. An eleventh-grade student who gave a single name, Kawsar, said the fighter jet crashed into the junior campus, home to Classes 5 through 8. Other teachers couldn’t give any news either.”Behind the building where the jet crashed, Fire Service personnel collected the aircraft’s wreckage.
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July 21, 2025 14:39 UTC
NCP set for Khagrachhari march amid tight security
Law-enforcing agencies have stepped up security in Khagrachhari ahead of the National Citizen Party's “July March” programme. The march is scheduled to begin at 12:00 pm on Monday from Chengi Square in Khagrachhari town, followed by a rally at the town’s Mukto Moncho. Khagrachhari Superintendent of Police Arefin Jewel said police are on high alert. Various parts of the town are bedecked with banners and festoons welcoming NCP leaders ahead of the event, with law enforcers stationed at key intersections. Monjila Akhter Jhuma, NCP's organiser for the southern region and a member of the Khagrachhari District Parishad, said: “People will join the programme from all nine Upazilas of the district.
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July 21, 2025 12:28 UTC