Rana Plaza Tragedy

Rana Plaza Tragedy
Rescue operations going on at Rana Plaza

Rana Plaza collapse: Little progress in case over nine years

Among the 594 witnesses of the case testimony of only one witness has finished as of now

'More to be done for workplace safety'

Roundtable 'More to be done for workplace safety'

Only 14.5 per cent of the injured workers returned to their previous jobs in the garment factories

Rana Plaza tragedy: 57pc of injured workers’ health deteriorates

Rana Plaza tragedy: 57pc of injured workers’ health deteriorates

The health of 56.5 per cent of workers sustained injuries in the Rana Plaza building collapse has deteriorated and that was 14 per cent last year, says a study

In this photograph taken on 24 April 2013, Bangladeshi civilian volunteers assist in rescue operations after an eight-storey Rana Plaza collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka

Rana Plaza murder case: Trial begins 5 years after charge framing

Trial in the murder case filed over Rana Plaza collapse in 2013 began officially on Monday by recording statements of the witnesses

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ILO offers to work with FBCCI in further improving industrial safety

The issue was discussed when ILO Bangladesh country director Tuomo Poutiainen called on FBCCI president Md Jashim Uddin at his office

Fire at Hashem Foods Ltd in Narayanganj on 8 July

Workplace deaths increase in non-RMG industries

At least 168 workers died in factory fires between 2018 and 7 July 2021. Of them 167 workers were from the non-RMG sector. The fire incident injured more than 300 non-RMG workers and at least 40 RMG ...

Safety at the workplace must be given priority

Safety at the workplace must be given priority

The concerned regulatory bodies seem responsive only when a massive industrial disaster happens. After a few days, the irregularities continue as they were

Firefighters work at the scene of a fire that broke out at a factory named Hashem Foods Ltd. in Rupganj of Narayanganj district, outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 9 July 2021

Bangladesh factory fires recurring nightmare

The authorities promised better safety standards after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, which killed more than 1,100 workers and injured hundreds in 2013 in Bangladesh’s apparel industry’s ...

Women work in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 3 May 2020

Retailers, unions agree on 3-month extension to Bangladesh workers’ safety accord

Unions said they will pull out of the organisation now running the accord - called the RMG Sustainability Council - if retailers do not commit to the legally binding portion of the agreement

Hasan Mahmud and Farzana Akhter are a brother and sister who have received this scholarship. Hasan wants to be a banker and Farzana, a physician. Their father Forkan Howladar died in the Rana Plaza collapse. Photo taken in Mohakhali, Dhaka on 23 April 2021

Meril-Prothom Alo Savar Support Fund They go ahead with their studies and dreams

Twenty children of families affected by the Rana Plaza disaster are studying in various educational institutions on scholarships from the Meril-Prothom Alo Savar Support Fund

Garment Workers Trade Union Centre organised a candle lighting programme to commemorate deaths in Rana Plaza tragedy. Garment worker Marzina Akhtar died in the incident. Her son is standing with a candle to commemorate his mother's death. The picture was taken in front of the site of Rana Plaza collapse building on 23 April 2021.

Rana Plaza collapse: Wait for justice doesn't end even in 8 years

Ashraful Islam was born in a poor family at Gauripur of Mymensingh. When he was only 18 he came to Dhaka in search of work. He joined a garment factory in Rana Plaza of Savar. Ill-fated Ashraful lost ...

A volunteer rescuer, Mohammad Mobarak Hossain, during the rescue operation at Rana Plaza. 28 April 2013

Rana Plaza disaster Picturing Bangladesh

The pictures are painful – but then the event was extraordinarily painful, a national trauma that persisted long after the rubble had been cleared.

In this photograph taken on 24 April 2013, Bangladeshi civilian volunteers assist in rescue operations after an eight-storey Rana Plaza collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka

Brands urged to extend workers’ safety deal, eight years after Rana Plaza disaster

Labour leaders want the Accord to be renewed in Bangladesh, the world’s second-largest exporter of garments, and extended to other countries with dangerous working conditions

Mourners and relatives of a victim of the Rana Plaza building collapse weep as they mark the second anniversary of the disaster at the site where the building once stood in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka on 24 April 2015.

57pc Rana Plaza survivors remain unemployed: Survey

Nearly 57 per cent of the survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse have remained unemployed, according to a survey

Security personnel escort Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, after a court appearance in Dhaka on 29 August, 2017

HC issues rule on why Rana Plaza owner should not get bail

The High Court (HC) on Monday issued a rule seeking explanation as to why Sohel Rana, the owner of Rana Plaza should not get bail in a murder case filed over Rana Plaza tragedy that had claimed 1,134 ...

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