Rana Plaza Factory Disaster

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  Bangladesh Judge Orders Inspectors' Murder Prosecution

  A Bangladesh court today ordered the government to allow the prosecution of four inspectors for mass murder over the 2013 Rana Plaza factory disaster to go ahead after ministries tried to stall their cases.

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  Bangladesh Charges Rana Plaza Owner and 40 Others With Murder

  Bangladeshi police on Monday charged 41 people including the owner of the Rana Plaza factory complex with murder over the building's collapse in 2013 that killed more than 1,100 people.

• Bangladesh's 'miracle' survivor marries and builds new life

  She was the "miracle" seamstress, plucked from the rubble of the world's worst garment factory disaster 17 days after her factory collapsed. One year on, she has married and found a new job.

• Bangladesh factory victims get money ahead of anniversary

  A fund created to compensate victims of Bangladesh's worst industrial disaster made its first payments Tuesday as the country prepared to mark the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse

• Bangladesh town mayor arrested over factory disaster

  Bangladeshi police have arrested the mayor of the town where a garment factory block collapsed killing 1,129 people, for his role in approving the shoddy structure, an officer said today.

• Retailers plan Bangladesh factory inspections under safety pact

  A group of mainly European retailers has finalised a plan to conduct coordinated inspections of factories in Bangladesh in an attempt to prevent a repeat of the Rana Plaza disaster that killed 1,129 people in April.

• After worst industrial disaster, authorities shut down factory at risk

  Bangladesh authorities on Wednesday shut down an eight-storey factory complex after cracks appeared in a wall, triggering panic among thousands of garment workers who feared the building would collapse, police and officials said.

• Bangladesh suspends factory inspectors over disaster

  Bangladesh on Sunday suspended seven safety inspectors after they rubber-stamped operating licences for factories that later collapsed in the nation's worst industrial disaster, the labour secretary said.

• Bangladesh panel to recommend life in prison over building collapse

  A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the disaster be sentenced to life in prison, the panel's chief said on Tuesday.

• Wal-Mart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive

  Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while US and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months.

• Bangladesh army to end search for disaster bodies

  Bangladesh's army announced today that it was wrapping up its search for bodies following last month's collapse of a garment factory complex, saying that it now believed a total of 1,127 people were killed.

• Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll rises to 1125

  The death toll from the collapse of a garment factory complex in Bangladesh rose to 1,125 on Sunday after 15 more bodies were found in the rubble overnight, 19 days after the disaster struck.

• Collapsed Bangladesh building not designed for factory, says architect

  The Bangladesh building that collapsed last month killing at least 550 people was designed for a shopping mall and commercial offices such as banks, not for factories, the architect told AFP.

• Factory generators caused Bangladesh disaster: investigator

  A top investigator probing last week's garment factory disaster in Bangladesh on Friday blamed vibrations from four illegal generators for the collapse of the building which killed more than 500 workers.

• European Union considers action, Pope weighs in, after Bangladesh disaster

  The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a building collapse killed more than 400 factory workers.