SAVAR — 2013 · Major Tragedy
The Rana Plaza Collapse
On the morning of 24 April 2013 the nine-storey Rana Plaza building in Savar, near Dhaka, which housed several garment factories, collapsed due to structural failure. Large cracks had appeared the day before; shops and a bank on the lower floors closed, but factories on the upper floors called workers back in. After 19 days of search and rescue, the death toll was confirmed at 1,134, with around 2,500 people rescued injured. The disaster put working conditions in the global garment supply chain on the world agenda. Trials of dozens of defendants, including the building's owner, remain unfinished more than a decade later.
- Date
- 2013
- Place
- Dhaka, Bangladesh, Savar, BD
- Category
- Major Tragedy
- Case Status
- Under Investigation
- Coordinates
- 23.8460, 90.2570 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 23 April 2013Large cracks appeared; lower-floor businesses closed.
- 24 April 2013Rana Plaza collapsed.
- 13 May 2013Search and rescue ended; the toll was put at 1,134.
- 18 July 2016Murder trial began against the owner and 40 others.
- 2026Trials continue, stalled by absent witnesses.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Rana Plaza collapse en.wikipedia.org ↗
- The Daily Star — 13 years on, justice yet to be served thedailystar.net ↗
- The Business Standard — Trials still unfinished after 13 years tbsnews.net ↗
- Wikipedia
- The Daily Star
- The Business Standard
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