Rana Plaza collapse - Wikipedia
The location of Savar (red marker), the site of the building collapse, in relation to Dhaka. Photo of Rana Plaza taken one year before the collapse. Rana Plaza was built in 2006 and owned by Sohel Rana—allegedly a member of the local unit of Jubo League (the youth wing of Bangladesh Awami League, the political party in power). [12] [20] It …
What’s Changed (and What Hasn’t) Since the Rana Plaza Nightmare
Rana Plaza was one of thousands of buildings in Bangladesh that had been converted into a multipurpose factory. The collapse was one of the largest industrial accidents in history. It triggered mass protests and unprecedented international scrutiny. A basic inequity was exposed.
What was the Rana Plaza disaster and why did it happen?
2020年4月23日 · Seven years ago, the glamorous facade of the global fashion industry was shattered following the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh. The catastrophe thrust the subject of...
A Grim Anniversary for Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster
On the morning of April 24, 2013, more than 1,100 people were killed when Rana Plaza, an eight-story building that housed five garment factories on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh,...
The Rana Plaza Collapse: What Happened & What it Means for …
2021年4月20日 · Rana Plaza was an eight-story commercial building on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh where five garment factories made clothes for major brands across the world including the U.S., UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, and Denmark. In April of 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed, killing 1,132 people and maiming
10 Years Later: The Legacy of Rana Plaza - DOL Blog
2023年4月20日 · We mourn and honor the more than 1,100 workers killed and the thousands more injured when the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013. Six of the eight floors of the building housed factories producing garments for …
10 Years On From The Rana Plaza Disaster, How Far Have We …
2023年4月24日 · Cracks were discovered in Rana Plaza the day before it collapsed. The shops and bank in the eight-storey complex on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, were closed on 24 April 2013, though many employees at the premises’ five garment factories still went to work, rather than risk losing their pay.
A quick guide to Bangladesh's Rana Plaza collapse and its …
2015年6月1日 · The collapse of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, considered the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry, killed more than 1,100 people in 2013.
The Rana Plaza disaster ten years on: What has changed?
Over 1,100 people – mostly garment workers – lost their lives when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 24 April 2013. Many more were injured, and the survivors faced a very uncertain future. Ten years on from the disaster, much has changed.
Collapse at Rana Plaza - Ethics Unwrapped
This was the case of the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 people in 2013. The garment factory building was built with substandard materials. An engineer inspected the building the day before it collapsed and warned the owners that it was unsafe.