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9th anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy today

News Desk || risingbd.com

Published: 10:32, 24 April 2022   Update: 10:33, 24 April 2022
9th anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy today

Today (April 24) is the ninth anniversary of the catastrophic Rana Plaza building collapse in Savar of Dhaka, the worst ever tragedy in the history of the country’s multi-billion dollar Readymade Garment (RMG) industry.

On this fateful day in 2013, Rana Plaza, a nine-storey commercial building with several garment factories in it, collapsed, leaving 1,138 people dead and maiming numerous others, mostly garment workers.

On the occasion of the ninth anniversary of Rana Plaza disaster, labour rights organisations have chalked out many programmes.

The scale of the disaster at the Rana Plaza garment factory nine years back created an expectation that there would be industry-wide change, but this has not materialised. In reality, little has changed since the tragedy occurred in April 2013, though the brands and factory owners are making huge profits, experts said.

At least 2,500 wounded workers are still alive.

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