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What was the Rana Plaza disaster? Tragedy remembered 10 years on

The garment factory that collapsed worked with the likes of Primark, Benetton, and Bonmarche.

Evening Standard

Ten years of Rana Plaza: How safe is Bangladesh garment industry?

The nine-storey building collapsed in 2013, killing 1,134 people, in one of the deadliest industrial disasters ever.

Al Jazeera

First Army formation to reach Dhaka during 1971 Bangladesh war celebrates 60 years

The first Army formation to reach Dhaka, formerly Dacca, during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War celebrated 60 years of service to the nation on April 24.

The Hindu

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How a pioneering French law emerged from the ruins of a factory in Bangladesh

The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh a decade ago, in which more than a thousand people died, led to a revolutionary French law on duty of care. How did it come about and is it effective in protecting workers' rights and the environment?

Radio France Internationale

Abuses ‘still rife’: 10 years on from Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza disaster

Campaigners say safety has improved but brands need to do more for workers’ rights and pay as survivors recount tragedy

The Guardian - UK

A decade after the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster, New Zealanders still rely on fast fashion

Ten years to the day after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, a disaster that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured another 2,500, the global addiction to cheap clothing remains strong.

The Conversation

Men who escaped fire in crowded London flat face homelessness

Men of Bangladeshi origin say they cannot find homes after paying landlord to live in ‘humiliating’ conditions

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91 Saudis, Dozens of Foreign Nationals Evacuated from Sudan to Jeddah

Ninety-one Saudi nationals and some 66 foreign nationals from 12 countries arrived in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah after being evacuated from Sudan. The evacuation was carried out by the Saudi Royal Navy with the support of various armed forces. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrival of the Saudis…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Fast fashion still comes with deadly risks, 10 years after the Rana Plaza disaster – the industry's many moving pieces make it easy to cut corners

On April 24, 2013, a multistory garment factory complex in Bangladesh called Rana Plaza collapsed, killing more than 1,000 workers and injuring another 2,500. It remains the worst accident in the history of the apparel industry and one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the world.

The Conversation

Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery

It’s ten years since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured several thousand more. The collapse of the eight-storey building on April 24 2013, which housed five factories making clothes for western high street brands like Accessorize,…

The Conversation

Fast fashion under spotlight on Bangladesh factory disaster anniversary

Paris (AFP) - On April 24, 2013, a clothing factory complex near Bangladesh's capital collapsed, killing at least 1,138 workers.

AFP

Sweat shops: textile industry's dark side

Paris (AFP) - The deadly consequences of fast fashion were spotlighted a decade ago after 1,138 people were killed when the nine-storey Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh.

AFP

Bangladesh factory disaster survivors plead for justice 10 years on

Savar (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Bangladeshi garment worker Sumi Akhter feared for her safety, but was told to start her shift or risk forfeiting her wages.An hour later she was pinned down under rubble and clinging to life.

AFP

Eid al-Fitr 2023 moon sightings and confirmed dates for Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India and UK

Countries across the world have declared dates for Eid but many of them fall on different days

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Friday essay: 'I trained to be an engineer ... now I am a pickle seller'. What does migration do to a wife?

But you know what’s funny? All my life, I have been trained to be an engineer. Look at me now, I am a pickle seller!

Reuters

Bangladesh suffers widespread power outages during relentless heat

Bangladesh is being forced to cut power to millions of people as a relentless heatwave leads to a surge in demand for power and thereby creates massive electricity supply shortfalls during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Dynamite News

West Bengal: BSF seizes gold worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh at international border, one held

Foiling a smuggling bid, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized gold biscuits worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh to India in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - US

‘A gamechanger’: this simple device could help fight the war on abortion rights in the US

Only a tiny fraction of primary care physicians provide abortions. Dr Joan Fleischman wants to offset the rightwing war on reproductive rights by training many more of them

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360info

Suicide is not a crime

More countries are realising that punishing individuals doesn’t prevent them from acting on suicidal thoughts but simply puts them in greater distress.

360info

Suicide is a mental health issue, not a crime

Bangladesh inherited its suicide laws from the colonial era. A more modern approach is needed to deter the behaviour.

AFP

Ireland look to shine in maiden Sri Lanka Tests

Galle (Sri Lanka) (AFP) - Ireland are smarting after the Bangladesh Test slipped through their fingers but skipper Andrew Balbirnie said Saturday his team can go the distance in their maiden five-day series in Sri Lanka.

Radio France Internationale

Shubo Nabo Barsho! Happy Bengali New Year!

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Fespaco. There’s a celebration of the Bengali New Year, as well as the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick and “Music from Vincent” with Vincent Pora. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on…

Reuters

Fire rips through Bangladesh shopping complex, smoke hampers rescue efforts

A huge fire swept through a shopping complex containing nearly 1,500 shops in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, officials said on Saturday as firefighters and soldiers struggled to put out the blaze with smoke hampering rescue efforts.

The Conversation

Fast Fashion: Why garment workers' lives are still in danger 10 years after Rana Plaza — Podcast

Fast fashion is that ever-changing need to have the latest beautiful thing at a bargain price — that club-ready piece of clothing, that status symbol shoe or that must-have top you just found at the mall.

The Guardian - UK

‘Time we put an end to it’: the Bangladeshi women fighting their silent killer

A group of Bangladesh’s health workers are working to reach women in some of the country’s most isolated places, to fight back against stigma of cervical cancer

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