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Tag Archives: Savar
In Memory – Rana Plaza one year later
Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka killing 1,136 workers – most of them women. I remember being there in Dhaka when the news broke and agonizing over whether to get on a … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Life
Tagged Bangladesh, Dhaka, Dhaka Tribune, garment industry, Garment workers, Rana Plaza, Savar
8 Comments
Throwing money at Bangladeshi garment girls will keep them in slavery
The Savar tragedy is now over and we can forget the 1,127 who were, effectively, forced to die in a building illegally constructed and (patently obvious to all who were there) unsafe to work in even the day before. In … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, Corruption
Tagged Bangladesh, garment industry, Garment workers, human rights, Retail industry, Savar, women's right, Yunus
17 Comments
Counting the Cost: The Savar Tragedy and the Search for Blame
Sometimes, being an observer of life in a culture foreign to your own just isn’t enough. On Wednesday morning I arrived in Dhaka for a single day of ‘bachelor life’. I had to pick up my laptop (which had suddenly … Continue reading
Posted in Bangladesh, community, Corruption
Tagged Bangladesh, BNP, Dhaka, Factory, Savar, Shahbhag
28 Comments