DHAKA, July 23, 2025 (BSS) - A nine-year old boy Nafis succumbed to his burn injuries at the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery (NIBPS) in the small hours of today, taking the death toll to 29 in the air force jet crash into the Milestone School and College in the capital's Uttara area on Monday. 
 
According to the updated information till 7:15pm today provided by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) the death toll in the aircraft crash has risen to 29 from 28 yesterday while 57 injured are undergoing treatment at different hospital. 

The health ministry sources said Nafis breathed his last at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the NIBPS around 12:15am today. 

Nafis died today a day after his sister succumbed to her burn injuries in the same health facility. 

The Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate (ISPR) on Tuesday informed the media that 31 were killed and 165 injured in the jet crash. 

However, the medical team from Singapore General Hospital visited the injured at the institute today, Director of NIBPS Professor Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin in press briefing at the institute in the afternoon.
 
The medical team of Singapore will monitor these patients for a few more days, he also said.
 
"No decision has been made to take any of the plane crash victims out of the country for the time being," he added. 

He also said that so far 44 injured in the jet crash have been admitted to the burn institute. 

Their treatment has been discussed with the medical team of Singapore General Hospital. 

"Each case has been reviewed separately with the Singaporean experts. They have also made important decisions," he said.

The NIBPS Director said they have divided all these patients into several categories. 

Of them, eight have been classified in the critical category, 13 in CBR (Complete Bed Rest), and 23 in the intermediate category, he said.
 
"The condition of these patients changes every hour. For this, we will hold meetings every 12 hours. Their treatment will continue according to that decision," he said.

Replying to a question, Dr. Nasir Uddin said they have yet to discuss with the Singaporean medical team about how long they will stay in Bangladesh for providing treatment.