US Congressman George Miller and French Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights François Zimeray Monday visited the victims of the building collapse incident in Savar, who are undergoing treatment at the Enam Medical College Hospital. Miller, a senior member of the US Congress, arrived at the hospital in the morning. He inquired about the treatment
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While Swapna has blank look, Rozina cries
Swapna Akhtar, a young apparel worker and victim of the Savar Tragedy just keeps staring at the sky hour after hour through the window from her hospital bed at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital. “She doesn’t want to eat any food; nor does she want to speak to anybody. She just constantly stares at the ... Read more
PM receives Tk 10.14cr donation Sunday
More organisations and individuals donated cheques worth over Tk 10.14 crore to the Prime Minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund on Sunday for assisting the families of those killed and injured in the tragic ‘Rana Plaza’ collapse on April 24. PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad told reporters that Sheikh Hasina received cheques worth Tk 10,14,40,721 ... Read more
Savar survivor Arati stares into a bleak future
Fourteen-year-old Arati Rani Dhar was seething in pain on her bed at the Enam Medical College Hospital. Bandaged, her right leg has been amputated from below the knee. She has survived, but lost one of her vital limbs. Suffering severe trauma, she screamed: “What sin have I committed
Burial money of Savar victim looted
Robbers looted the cash given to a family member of a Savar tragedy victim for her burial here in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur, while they were returning home with the body on Saturday early hours, rescued on the 10th day of the accident. The deceased was identified as Khadiza Begum, 30, wife of Younus Ali ... Read more
Ershad demands compensation for Savar victim families
Jatiya Party (JP) Chairman Hussain Muhammad Ershad on Friday demanded due compensation to the affected families of those killed in the Savar building collapse as well as treatment and rehabilitation of the injured. “We have to take highest state of alert to prevent recurrence of such heart-rending incident. The government has to make arrangement for ... Read more
Savar official likely to lose job for negligence of duties
Kabir Hossain Sarder, upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Savar upazila under Dhaka district, is likely to lose his job on charges of gross negligence of his duties as he failed to prevent the collapse of Rana Plaza, which claimed the lives of over 390 workers and injured at least 2,500 others on April 24. The ... Read more
US keen to help Savar victims
Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Barrister Shafique Ahmed on Tuesday said, the US government has expressed their interest to help rehabilitate the victims of Savar building collapse. “We are yet to discuss about the foreign assistance regarding the Savar tragedy. We will receive foreign aid after the government’s decision,” he told reporters after a ... 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