Dhaka, Aug 23 (V7N) – Tasnia (15), an eighth-grade student of Milestone School and College, has died after battling for her life for 33 days following the Bangladesh Air Force fighter jet crash in Uttara.

She passed away at around 8 am on Saturday while undergoing treatment at the ICU of the National Burn and Plastic Surgery Institute in Dhaka.

Tasnia, daughter of a family from Madhukhali upazila in Faridpur, had sustained 37 percent burn injuries when the fighter jet crashed into the Milestone campus on July 21. She was admitted to the Burn Institute immediately after the incident and remained in critical condition until her death.

The tragic accident had caused widespread shock across the country, particularly among the students and teachers of Milestone School and College.

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