Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has firmly said the government has no reason to underreport the causality figures. In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Shafiqul drew on his decades-long experience in reporting on major disasters and said it was ‘virtually impossible’ to hide the number of casualties from a disaster in Bangladesh. As someone who has reported on numerous ...

The identities of six people, who died in the air force fighter jet crash into Milestone School and College at Uttara, are yet to be determined, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The bodies are currently kept at the morgue of the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), Dhaka, according to a media release from the ministry. Under the supervision ...

Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda’s debut film Saiyaara is set to maintain its box office dominance, as no major Hindi releases are scheduled for July 25. Directed by Mohit Suri and produced by Yash Raj Films, the romantic drama released on July 18 and has already crossed ₹100 crore in just four days, making it one of 2025’s top five ...

Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in an anti-smuggling operation seized smuggled goods worth Taka 2.25 crore from different frontier areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts during the last 24 hours. A BGB team conducted drive in Pratappur, Sangram, Panthumai, Tamabil, Sonarhat, Kalairag and Banglabazar border areas of Sylhet and Sunamganj districts and seized the goods, said Lieutenant Colonel Md. Nazmul Haque, ...

A Syrian government fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, but concluded that commanders had not given orders for the revenge attacks. The incidents in the coastal region were the worst violence to hit Syria since the downfall of President Bashar al-Assad last year. ...

The United States and Indonesia have reached a major trade agreement aimed at easing export restrictions on critical minerals and lowering tariffs, the White House announced Tuesday. President Donald Trump called the deal a “huge win” for American companies. As part of the agreement, the US will reduce a previously threatened 32% tariff on Indonesian goods to 19%. However, goods ...

Chloe Kelly scored a dramatic late winner in extra-time as reigning champions England came from behind to beat Italy 2-1 on Tuesday and reach the Women’s Euro 2025 final. The Lionesses had been on the brink of elimination as they trailed to Barbara Bonansea’s first-half strike for surprise semi-finalists Italy in Geneva, reports AFP. But after their remarkable comeback from ...

Japanese Foreign Minister Yōko Iwata Takeshi has expressed deep condolences and sympathy over the tragic plane crash in Uttara, Dhaka. In a message sent to Bangladesh’s Foreign Affairs Advisor Md. Towhid Hossain, the Japanese minister conveyed his heartfelt sentiments. On Tuesday (July 22), Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the statement. In his condolence message, Minister Iwata said, “I am ...

Aryan Nasraf Nafi, 9, a class I student of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, succumbed to his injuries early Wednesday after battling for life for two days. He breathed his last at about 12:15AM at the ICU of National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute. According to the hospital resident surgeon Dr Shawon Bin Rahman, ”Nafi, whose 95 per ...

The death toll from the devastating Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) jet crash at Milestone School and College in Uttara has climbed to 32, with dozens more in critical condition due to severe burns, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and the Ministry of Health. A nine-year-old boy, Nafi, who suffered 95 percent burns, died early Wednesday at the National ...