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BANGI (Bernama): A company which produces plastic products was fined RM30,000 by the Sessions Court here Wednesday (Sept 22) for failing to ensure the safety of its workers, resulting in the death of one of them in an incident two years ago.
Active case count rose to 198, with 177 in the Sahtu region.
Like the rest of the nation, companies too took their eyes off the ball. They need to be prepared for an uncertain future
By Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation 4 Min Read DHAKA, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Labour activists on Thursday urged brands to extend a factory safety deal in Bangladesh ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which some 1,100 workers died. The collapse of the eight-storey building near Dhaka - the industry’s deadliest accident - on April 24, 2013 led some 200 brands, including H&M and Zara, to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. That agreement expires on May 31. Labour leaders want the Accord to be renewed in Bangladesh, the...
“There seems to be some kind of top secret exposure control plan that [the minister] can’t even share any information with me on the floor of this house,” said Frame Lake MLA Kevin O’Reilly Tuesday.