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Akbar Hossain

Relatives of victims killed in the collapse of Rana Plaza mourn on the first year anniversary of the accident. More than 1,100 factory workers were killed when the garment factory complex the worked in collapsed. Today, the owner of the building was char

Bangladesh factory owners charged with murder of more than 1,100 garment workers

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More than 1,100 workers in a Bangladesh garment-factory complex died in what was the country’s worst-ever industrial disaster. Bangladesh police have charged the owners of the Rana Plaza complex in Dhaka, which collapsed in 2013, of murder and negligence. Several government officials were also charged. If convicted, the accused could face the death penalty.