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
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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
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,
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
123 killed as building collapses at Savar
National mourning today At least 123 people, mostly female apparel workers, were killed and more than a thousand injured as a eight-storey building housing five apparel units and a shopping mall collapsed on a bordering building at Savar on Wednesday morning. With several hundred more believed to have been
President, PM, Oppn leader shocked
President-elect Md Abdul Hamid Advocate, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Opposition leader Khaleda Zia on Wednesday expressed deep shock at the loss of lives in the tragic building collapse at Savar on the outskirt of the capital on Wednesday morning. Hamid asked the authorities concerned to put in all-out efforts in the rescue operation
Nation to mourn Savar tragedy Thursday
The nation will observe national mourning on Thursday following the tragic building collapse near Savar bus stand on the outskirt of the capital on Wednesday morning that left over a hundred people dead and many more injured. “The nation will observe mourning on Thursday following the huge loss of lives in building collapse in Savar
PM thanks opposition for lifting strike
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday thanked the main opposition party BNP for withdrawal of their strike in Dhaka district and Dhaka metro area after a multi-storied building collapsed at Savar bus stand on the outskirts of the capital on Wednesday morning. “I thank the opposition party for lifting their strike in Dhaka. The rescue