Eight organisations of the garment workers on Friday called a daylong strike in all RMG factories across the country for Sunday in support of their seven-point demand, including the arrest of Rana Plaza and its factory owners. Prior to the work abstention, the organisations working on garment workers’ rights, will hold black-flag processions across
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Hefazat calls for ouster of ‘atheist’ govt
Hefazat-e Islam leaders on Friday branded the government as atheist and demanded its ouster. “This government has strayed from the path of Islam. It has removed the clause on full confidence in Almighty Allah from the Constitution and formulated an anti-Islam women’s policy,” a leader of the Islamist organisation told a Shane Resalat rally on ... Read more
Nation prays for Savar victims
Muslim devotees across the country on Friday prayed for the salvation of the departed souls of the ill-fated people, who were crashed under collapsed building at Savar and sought early recovery of the hundreds of survivors. The Savar tragic incident that left at least three hundred garments workers killed and about 2,500 injured descended a ... Read more
Tale of survivors of their worst ordeal
Shilpi, a young apparel worker who was trapped for 36 hours under a huge pile of concrete chunks of what was once Rana Plaza in Savar never thought she would ever survive. “Since the collapse of the building on Wednesday morning, I suddenly found myself stuck among the pieces of heavy concrete all around. I ... Read more
Central body needed to implement building code: Experts
A central authority, along with Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK), is needed to supervise the design of buildings and implementation of the building code in rural areas, (barring four authorities), according to experts. Sixty per cent buildings in rural areas remain vulnerable as these were constructed without following the building code or any
Nation prays for ill-fated Savar victims on Friday
Muslim devotees across the country on Friday prayed for the salvation of the departed souls of the ill-fated people, who were crashed under collapsed building at Savar and sought early recovery of the hundreds of survivors. The Savar tragic incident that left at least three hundred garments workers killed and about 2,500 injured descended a ... Read more
Nasim rebukes MKA for ‘ridiculous remarks
A senior leader of the ruling Awami League (AL), Mohammad Nasim, censured home minister MK Alamgir on Friday for making what he said were “irresponsible” remarks on the Savar tragedy, observing that such comments by a responsible minister damage the government’s image. “Please, Mr. Alamgir, don’t make such ridiculous comments for the sake
Ershad demands resignation of MK Alamgir
Chairman of Jatiya Party (JP) HM Ershad on Friday demanded the resignation of Minister for Home Affairs Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir for his “irresponsible statements” over the tragic accident of Savar building collapse that crushed at least 300 garment workers and injured another 2,500. “The statement of the Home Minister that the building collapsed as
Savar tragedy politically motivated: MK Anwar
The main opposition BNP has described the Savar high-rise collapse as a politically motivated incident, in which people were killed in a planned way. “A good number of people, including readymade garment workers, were killed in a planned way in the Rana Plaza collapse incident,” BNP leader MK Anwar said on Friday. The BNP standing ... Read more
Culprits responsible for Rana Plaza collapse must be punished: PM
Prime Minister and Leader of the House Sheikh Hasina on Thursday unequivocally said those who are responsible for the Rana Plaza collapse in Savar would be given exemplary punishment as such games with the life of the people cannot be tolerated in anyway. “Those who are responsible for the tragic incident must be punished. None ... Read more
Death toll rises to 243
The death toll in the collapse of the eight-storey Rana Plaza at Savar rose to 265 on Thursday, and the figure was climbing with every passing hour. Bodies were being recovered from under the rubble of the ill-fated building that caved in on Wednesday. The tragedy was deepened by the fact that many people, who ... Read more
Govt warns stern action against illegal foreign workers
The government will take action against a number of foreign citizens who are illegally working and are engaged in business in Bangladesh without work permits, said sources in the immigration department and the Board of Investment (BoI). Many of them have also overstayed in the country, the sources added. There are over 1 lakh foreigners, ... Read more
PM rejects oppn’s demand for CG
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said that the next general elections would be held as per the parliamentary democratic system, instead of under the supervision of a neutral caretaker government (CG) as demanded by the opposition. “People haven’t forgotten the oppression unleashed by the last CG. Has the opposition leader forgotten the torture inflicted
Khaleda visits collapsed Rana plaza site
BNP chairperson and opposition leader Khaleda Zia went to Savar on Thursday afternoon and extended her condolence to the people who lost their dear and near ones and who got injured in the building collapse incident that took place on Wednesday morning. The former premier witnessed the trail of devastations caused by the eight-storey building ... Read more
RMG workers protest Savar tragedy
Thousands of readymade garment (RMG) workers of different factories on Thursday took to the street, demanding punishment of those responsible for the collapse of Rana Plaza in Savar. Workers of different factories in Tongi, Boarbazar, Konabari and Joydebpur Chowrasta blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, Dhaka-Tangail highway and Dhaka-Gazipur Road,
Home minister orders arrest of Rana Plaza owner
Owner of the Rana Plaza and those who kept their factories running there on Wednesday, ignoring the restrictions on it, would be arrested on criminal charges, Home Minister Dr Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir has told an inter-ministerial meeting on Thursday evening. Already the home ministry has given the directive to arrest them, the minister informed the ... Read more
Govt, BNP trade charges over Savar tragedy
The government and opposition BNP on Thursday blamed each other for the building collapse in Savar on the outskirts of Dhaka a day earlier. Home minister MK Alamgir claimed that a huge number of picketers had attacked the building during the opposition-called hartal, resulting in the collapse of the multi-storied building. “We are probing the ... Read more
Charge against two expatriate suspects submitted to ICT
The prosecution submitted formal charges against two expatriate war crime suspects of 1971– Chowdhury Mueen Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan at the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on Thursday. On behalf of the prosecution, Advocate Shahidur Rahman submitted its report to the registrar’s office of the tribunal. The prosecution
Dr Kamal for punishment of Rana Plaza owner
Eminent jurist Dr Kamal Hossain on behalf of Citizen Oikkya on Thursday demanded exemplary punishment of the owners of Rana plaza along with the chairmen and managing directors of the garments factories for the deadly incident. Dr Kamal Hossain said at the press conference at Jatiya Press Club, six months have elapsed after the Tazreen ... Read more
80,000 unsafe buildings currently in the capital
The incidence of building collapse has been steadily on the rise for the last two decades claiming lives of hundreds of people and injuring thousands of others, especially in the capital and on its outskirts. Before Wednesday’s tragic incident in Savar, well over 150 people lost their lives while more than 5,000 were injured, many ... Read more