Dhaka, July 24 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam has said there is no reason for the government to conceal the actual number of casualties from the Bangladesh Air Force training jet crash that struck Milestone School and College in Uttara on Monday.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Alam emphasized the government's commitment to transparency, stating, "I can unequivocally say that there is no reason for the government to show the incident as less important than it really is."

He confirmed that government representatives, including two advisers from the interim administration, visited the accident site on Monday and met with grieving families, students, and teachers still traumatized by the tragedy.

"The atmosphere there was...