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Bangladesh building collapse: Woman rescued alive after 17 days

Reshma told reporters that she survived on filthy water and a few biscuits as everyone around her died. ...

Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1127

Savar: Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week search for victims of the worst garment-industry disaster in history ended on Monday with the death toll at a staggering 1,127. Bangladesh's government also agreed to allow garment workers to form unions without permission from factory owners. That decision came a day after it announced a...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll goes past 1,100

Savar: The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster on Sunday rose to 1,125 after 15 more decomposed bodies were recovered from the debris of the ill-fated eight-storey building, 19 days after the tragedy. Rain has caused delays in recovery operations as overnight rainstorms forced rescuers to suspend work for several hours, and more rain today morning caused a brief delay. By afternoon, crews were back at work as they...  

Bangladesh factory building collapse death toll hits 1,021

Dhaka: The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, while the list of the dead from a fresh fire at a sweater manufacturer showed the entanglement of the industry and top Bangladeshi officials. Officials said 1,021 bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the fallen factory building as of Friday morning. There was...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll reaches 931

Savar: The death toll in Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster on Thursday rose to 931 as rescuers overnight pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from sandwiched floors of the ill-fated eight-storey building that collapsed in April. "Ninety seven more bodies were retrieved since Wednesday night ... the figure now stands at 931," an official of the makeshift army control room told reporters as the military-led salvage operation entered the 16th day...  

Bangladesh: 8 killed in fire at a garment factory in Dhaka

Dhaka: A major fire at a garment factory in Dhaka killed its managing director, a top police official and six others, officials said on Thursday. Fire service officials said managing director of the Tung Hai Sweater factory Mahbubur Rahman and his friend Additional Deputy Inspector General of Police ZA Morshed were among the dead as the fire broke out on several floors of the 11-story building housing the factory and...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll tops 640

Dhaka: Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after the wife of a garment worker crushed in the accident filed a complaint. The legal development comes as officials on Monday said that the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster had reached 645. Sheuli Akter, wife of Jahangir Alam, filed the complaint with Dhaka magistrate...  

Bangladesh: Building owner faces murder complaint

Dhaka: The wife of a Bangladeshi garment worker who was killed when a building collapsed filed a murder complaint against the building's owner on Sunday as the death toll from the country's worst industrial disaster climbed to 622. Murder complaints were also filed against the owner of one of the garment factories inside the building and a municipal engineer in the suburb of the capital, Dhaka, where the factory was...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll nears 600

Dhaka: The toll in the building collapse on the outskirts of Bangladesh capital Dhaka has swelled to nearly 600, authorities said on Sunday, even as rescuers continued removing concrete slabs and debris 12 days after the industrial tragedy. Hoping to find their missing loved ones, many people were seen around the scene of the collapse and visiting nearby hospitals and a school ground where the bodies have been kept for...  

Malayalam actor Madhu Warrier to debut as a director soon?

After engaging himself as a producer under the banner of the Colour factory for quite some time, Madhu Warrier, brother of ace Malayalam actress Manju Warrier, and the brother in law of Dileep, will soon debut as a director. Madhu who started off as an actor will call the shots for his debut film titled as 'Room Service'. Produced by his own banner Color Factory, the movie is told in...  

Bangladesh building collapse toll exceeds 500, engineer arrested

Dhaka: Police on Friday arrested an engineer for negligence in duty in connection with the worst building collapse in Bangladesh that left at least 509 people dead. Abdur Razzak Khan worked as consultant when the owner of the eight-story Rana Plaza in suburban Savar illegally added three floors atop the ill-fated building, a police official told newsmen. 63 more bodies were on Friday retrieved from the debris 10th day into...  

Loblaw to compensate Bangladesh collapse victims

Toronto: A Canadian company has said it will provide compensation for the families of victims who worked in the collapsed Bangladeshi garment factory that made products for its Joe Fresh clothing line. Loblaw Inc said on Monday it aims to ensure that victims and their families "receive benefits now and in the future." At least 382 people have died in the collapse. Spokeswoman Julija Hunter said the company is still...  

Bangladesh: PM visits building collapse site

Savar: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday visited suburban Savar to review the rescue works at the site where an eight-storey building collapsed last week killing nearly 400 people, even as rescuers lost hope to find more survivors after a fire broke out in the rubble. Hasina talked to the rescue officials about the progress of the salvage campaign and went to a nearby private facility and a military...  

Bangladesh building collapse: 397 dead, owner arrested

Savar: The death toll in the worst building collapse in the history of Bangladesh on Saturday rose to nearly 400, even as the fugitive owner of the 8-storey structure was arrested dramatically while attempting to flee to India. Sohel Rana was arrested by the country's elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) from Benapole, one of the 14 land ports with India, just as he was about to cross into West...  

Bangladesh: Fire breaks out in collapsed building where 377 died

Dhaka: Fire broke out on Sunday in a garment factory that collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital, complicating attempts to find any survivors of a disaster that has killed 377 people. Fire service officials said the blaze had been started by sparks from cutting equipment used by rescuers. Police said the owner of the factory, Mohammed Sohel Rana, was arrested on Sunday trying to flee to India, as hopes of finding...  

Bangladesh: Man pulled out 100 hours after building collapse

Savar: In a miraculous rescue, a victim was pulled out from under the mangled pile of metal and concrete, 100 hours after the collapse of an eight-storey building in Bangladesh that has claimed nearly 400 lives. The survivor, Sadik, 22, was rescued from the third floor of the building this afternoon. Rescue workers had found nine more people alive under the rubble of collapsed Rana Plaza, the Daily Star reported....  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 352

Dhaka: Two factory bosses and two engineers were detained in Bangladesh on Saturday, three days after the collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands killed at least 352 people. More were being pulled alive from the rubble at the building, where police said as many as 900 people were still missing in Bangladesh's worst ever industrial accident. The owner of the eight-storey building that fell...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll exceeds 300

Savar: The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey commercial building in Savar in Bangladesh on Friday rose to 304, as authorities raced against time to look for survivors under tonnes of debris even as a total of 2,348 people were rescued alive. "Our prime target is to rescue the rest of survivors alive as we are running against time," a military spokesman told an official press briefing near...  

Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 194

Dhaka: With deep cracks visible in the walls, the police had ordered a Bangladesh garment building to be evacuated the day before its deadly collapse, but the factories flouted the order and kept more than 2,000 people working, officials said Thursday. At least 194 people died when a huge section of the eight-story building splintered into a pile of concrete. The disaster in the Dhaka suburb of Savar came less...  

Bangladesh mourns as building collapse toll rises to 164

Dhaka: The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey commercial building in the Bangladeshi capital on Thursday rose to 164, as rescuers raced against time to save nearly 1,500 people still trapped under tonnes of debris. "According to the latest count 164 bodies were retrieved and over 1,400 people were rescued alive," Deputy Commissioner or Administrative Chief of Dhaka district Yusuf Harun said. Television footage showed relatives wailing in...