Flight Lieutenant Towkir Islam Sagar, whose FT-7 jet crashed into Milestone School & College yesterday, was of the 35 squadron, 76 BAFA course.

Mahreen Chowdhury, 46, a coordinator of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara, died yesterday after sustaining 80 percent burns while trying to escort students outside after a Bangladesh Air Force training jet crashed into one of the school buildings.

8 bodies handed over to family

Aviation experts and pilots, both military and civilian, yesterday questioned the rationale behind allowing military aircraft to conduct training exercises over a densely populated area like Dhaka.

The government has declared today a national day of mourning after an air force jet crashed inside the campus of Milestone College in Uttara, killing 22 people and injuring around 170 others, mostly students.

In the aftermath of a devastating air force jet crash into a school, Dhaka’s hospitals become the frontline of a tragedy that shook the city to its core. The corridors of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery became a scene of anguish as scores of critically injured, mostly children, arrived in waves.

In an official Facebook page, it offered deepest condolences to the victims and sympathies to the bereaved families and the injured and wished the injured a speedy recovery

"Our heartfelt condolences go out to the families of the victims. We wish quick recovery to the injured."

The Campus team extends its most profound and sincere condolences to the survivors and the families of the victims.

BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman and Secretary General Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir call for proper investigation

On days like this we look for things to blame, people to accuse

The wailing sound of the ambulance siren near the hospital was loud and roaring; random pedestrians and street-vendors were clearing the road to allow the approaching ambulances to pass

The government will bear the cost of treatment for all injured patients, according to an official statement

Tarique said the nation was "overwhelmed with grief"

He said Milestone School and College holds a special significance, having recently collaborated with JICA in conducting the First Peace Flower Essay Contest

At least 27 killed in a deadly air force jet crash in Uttara

Production of the F7 series ended in May 2013

The UN system would join the one day-state mourning declared for tomorrow

Says India stands in solidarity and ready to extend support

The chief justice prayed for the eternal peace of those who lost their lives in the incident and extended heartfelt condolences to their bereaved families