After about 12 hours, the crashed fighter plane of the Air Force which crashed in the mouth of Karnaphuli river in Patenga area of Chattogram city was recovered by the Navy.

The plane was recovered from the bottom of the Karnaphuli river on Thursday (May 9) around 10:30 pm.

An official of the Chattogram Navy confirmed the recovery of the aircraft.

Earlier, on Thursday (May 9) around 10:30 am, an Air Force training fighter jet crashed in the Karnaphuli River estuary. A pilot was killed in this incident.

Shah Amanat International Airport Public Relations Officer Ibrahim Khalil told Barta24.com that the YAK130 training fighter jet sparked on the runway while taking off. Then it went up and crashed.

Meanwhile, the ISPR informed that the fighter plane has crashed in Patenga, Chattogram due to mechanical failure.

The two pilots managed to maneuver the firefighter from the densely populated area next to the airport to a sparsely populated area with great courage and skill to avoid major damage.

This information was informed in a press release sent by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday (May 9).

It is said that 1 Yak-130 training aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force, as part of regular training, crashed near the mouth of Karnaphuli river after taking off from Bangladesh Air Force base Zahurul Haque in Chattogram at approximately 10:25 am on Thursday. Wing Commander Sohan Hassan Khan PSC and Squadron Leader Muhammad Asim Jawad made an emergency parachute descent from the aircraft into the river.

The two pilots of the aircraft were rescued by rescue teams of the Bangladesh Air Force and Navy and the combined efforts of local fishermen. Among the two pilots, Squadron Leader Muhammad Asim Jawad was taken to BNS Patenga for urgent treatment as his condition was critical. The doctor on duty declared him dead after all efforts.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina prayed for the bereavement of the departed soul and expressed deep condolences to the bereaved family. Chief of the Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan, BBP, BUP, NSWC, FAWC, PSC prayed for the soul of the deceased and condoled with the bereaved family. Rescue operation of the crashed plane is ongoing.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has commented that the culture of defaulters in the country has been introduced through Ziaur Rahman.

She said loan default started through Ziaur Rahman later expanded through Ershad, Khaleda Zia. Those who have become proponents of democracy, have they forgotten how they were born? Deprivation of voting rights, lack of democracy started during Zia's tenure.

She said this in the concluding speech of the ongoing second session of the 12th Jatiya Sangsad on Thursday (May 9) evening. Speaker Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury presided over the session.

Stating that she did not leave any opportunity to kill the country's money in government projects, Sheikh Hasina said that she never accepted the offer to come to power by selling the country's wealth. There is also the experience of how terrible a government that comes to power without winning the popular vote is.

Corruption, terrorism and militancy were the image of BNP era. The head of government also claimed that the state of emergency was imposed in the country due to their misrule.

Pointing out that BNP did not go to the polls without knowing that the people would vote, Sheikh Hasina said that no Chief Justice-Journalist was safe from them. The party also has a habit of kicking the door of the Chief Justice's chamber. There is no misdeed that they have not committed. Actually BNP leaders do not look at their own face in the mirror.

China expert David Slayton Milley is set to be appointed as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh.

The White House announced the appointment on Thursday (May 9) night.

Biden's decision to nominate David Milley as US ambassador to Bangladesh will now go to the US Congress. There will be a hearing in the Foreign Affairs Committee. The Congress will decide on the approval of the nomination based on the recommendations of that committee.

If the nomination is approved, David Milley will succeed Peter Haas as US Ambassador to Bangladesh.

According to the White House, David Slayton Milley is the senior official in the US Foreign Service at the rank of Minister-Counselor. He also currently serves as the Interim Charge d'Affaires at the US Embassy in Beijing, China.

Prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade Policy in the US State Department's Bureau of Economic and Trade Affairs. David Milley was director of the Bureau of Sanctions Policy and Implementation.

He was Associate Dean of the School of Leadership and Management at the Foreign Service Institute in Washington, District of Columbia, Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Economic Counselor at the US Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, and Deputy Director of the Office of Monetary Affairs at the Bureau of Economic Affairs.