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Tag: Building collapse

Bangladeshi female workers work at a garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka on February 17, 2018. Photo: AFP/Mehedi Hasan/NurPhoto
Posted inOpinion

Dangers persist for Bangladesh’s garment workers

by Shams Rahman and Aswini Yadlapalli April 24, 2021April 23, 2021

The 2013 Dhaka garment-factory collapse, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring 2,600 more, is the clothing industry’s worst ever industrial incident. It is not just the body count, though, that made the collapse of the Rana Plaza, a nine-story building in the Bangladeshi industrial city of Savar (near Dhaka) capture global attention (briefly) and […]

Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia

After building collapse in Cambodia, change must happen

by David Hutt June 25, 2019February 18, 2020
Rescue operations underway at the building collapse site in Kolkata's Burrabazar on Tuesday. Photo: The Indian Express
Posted inIndia, South Asia

1 dead, 2 critically injured after Kolkata building collapses

by Asia Times staff September 5, 2017February 18, 2020
The collapse of the residential building in Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar area has been blamed on torrential rains. Photo: Hindustan Times
Posted inUncategorized

Mumbai collapse: 34 dead

by Asia Times staff September 1, 2017February 18, 2020
Rescuers search for trapped people after an apartment building collapsed in south Mumbai. Photo: indiatoday
Posted inIndia, South Asia

19 dead, 34 injured in Mumbai apartment building collapse

by Asia Times staff August 31, 2017February 18, 2020
Rescuers sift through rubble in the hope of finding more survivors after the collapse of a residential building in the Mumbai suburb of  Ghatkopar on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Posted inUncategorized

Deadly building collapse blamed on renovation work

by Asia Times staff July 26, 2017February 18, 2020
The Sai Darshan building in Mumbai collapsed at 10.30am on Tuesday. Photo: NDTV
Posted inMiddle East

Seven killed in building collapse

by Asia Times staff July 25, 2017February 18, 2020

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