Dhaka: 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.

A survey launched in Bangladesh after the Rana Plaza disaster has revealed that three-fifths of garment factories in the country are vulnerable to collapse. On April 24, cracks in the walls and ...

1,134 is the official government death toll of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh. The building, which collapsed in April, was home to five garment factories. "Before Rana Plaza, the ...

Bangladesh has shut down 18 factories indefinitely this week, following the deadly building collapse on April 24th that killed more than 800 garment workers as they manufactured clothing for Western ...

Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure’s collapse last month, the ...

DHAKA (Reuters) - The owner of a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed killing more than 370 people was arrested on Sunday attempting to flee to India, police said. Mohammed Sohel Rana, a leader ...