We will rehabilitate survivors: PM

1 / 1 Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will rehabilitate the survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza of Savar. “Those who were injured in the Savar accident and the families of those who were killed will be rehabilitated with the help of...

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18-Party Alliance defers May 2 shutdown

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia made this announcement through a statement on Tuesday. However, it  The BNP-led 18-Party Alliance has postponed its May 2 general strike demanding arrest of the owners of the high-rise that collapsed in Savar and the five factories it housed. did not elaborate...

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Union is the way, not outside pressure: Abed

BRAC founder Fazle Hasan Abed says garment workers should be allowed to organise union to ensure basic pay and safety standards but he strongly discourages outside pressure on the nearly $20 billion industry. In an op-ed column -- Bangladesh Needs Strong Unions, Not Outside Pressure – that appeared...

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Bangladesh gets first woman Speaker

Chaudhury, the State Minister for Women and Children Affairs, will succeed Abdul Hamid who last week became President following the death of President Md Zillur Rahman. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury has been elected the youngest and first woman Speaker...

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‘Rescuers ran for safety as storm hit’

1 / 1 The rescue work at the Rana Plaza collapse site at Savar has resumed amid rain after a wave of seasonal storm.     Correspondent Selim Ahmed reported rescuers had to run for safety as the storm started around 9:35pm Saturday....

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Unsafe units will lose membership: BGMEA

In the wake of the worst-ever disaster in the suburban township of Savar, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) on Saturday took some firm decisions to check recurrence of such ‘accidents’ in future.    The authorities of all readymade...

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Despite disasters, Bangladesh works for retailers

1 / 1 The factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over 300 people this week is a stark reminder of the risks in the global retail industry's search for cheap production. But there have been few signs that safety issues and other questionable labour conditions...

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Cops nab another Savar factory owner

1 / 2 Detective Branch of Police arrested Aminul Islam, owner of Phantom Apparels, one of the readymade garments factories located in the now-collapsed Rana Plaza at Savar, on Saturday night from Dhaka.    Islam, also Chairman of Phantom Tac...

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31 people rescued 3 days after collapse

1 / 1 Rescuers saved 31 more lives on Saturday - three days after the collapse of Rana Plaza at Savar on Dhaka’s outskirts. The death toll reached 355 by Saturday night, and almost a thousand people were still missing, officials said at the temporary...

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BNP sees govt plot to save Savar accused

Mosharraf Hossain Dhaka, Apr 27: BNP, on Saturday, accused the government of plotting to help Sohel Rana, owner of the collapsed building at Savar, to flee the country. “The government is hatching a plan to save Rana. Awami League is trying to shift the people’s attention on this, by holding the...

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18-Party calls hartal on May 2 over Savar tragedy

DHAKA: The BNP-led 18-party alliance on Saturday night called a countrywide daylong hartal on May 2 to register its protest against Savar tragedy. BNP standing committee member made the announcement of the shutdown after two meetings of BNP standing committee members and top leaders of the 18-party...

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Irate RMG workers clash in Dhaka, Chittagong

DHAKA, APR 27: Thousands of irate readymade garments (RMG) workers went berserk and clashed with law enforcement personnel in the capital, Savar, and in the port city of Chittagong, on Saturday.Five people sustained bullet injuries and some 20 others were wounded, when police fired shots on agitating...

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Rescue operations to continue

1 / 1 Rescue operations at Savar would not be called off immediately as the authorities engaged in the operation are not yet giving up hope of finding more survivors from the wreckage of a nine-storey building that caved in on Wednesday, killing over 300 people. The...

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