Following the recent fires and building collapse at factories in Bangladesh, Members of European Parliament on Thursday called for justice for victims and EU action to prevent similar events in future. The Parliament recalls in the resolution adopted on Thursday that Bangladesh benefits from duty and quota-free access to the EU market and that these
building collapse
Building collapse: Owners get away with murder
Despite huge loss of life in building collapse incidents, none of the owners of the illegally constructed buildings have been brought to book by the administration. In most cases, the buildings caved in, owing to the sheer profit-making attitude of the owners, which resulted in their flouting the building code. Over 500 people
Rundown building collapses
An abandoned multi-storey building collapsed on two of its adjacent buildings in the capital’s densely populated Shakhari Bazar Tuesday morning, causing huge suffering to the local people and spreading panic in the area. Dozens of families in the neighbourhood suffered immensely as utility services were