Instead of fulfilling its pledge to develop a compensation protocol in line with the ILO convention, the government is now working to reform the labour law by setting the maximum compensation at meagre Tk 2 lakh.
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The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association is yet to complete the central biometric database of garment workers five years after taking up the initiative.
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On 24 November 2012, a fire in the Tazreen Fashions factory in Bangladesh led to the death of at least 112 workers, while the collapse of the Rana Plaza building just five months later killed 1,134 garment workers and injured hundreds of survivors.
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Victims of Tazreen Fashions fire and their families are still crying for justice even five years after the deadly fire that killed at least 112 workers and injured several hundred on November 24, 2012. Several injured victims and relatives of the dead and missing workers said their hope for justice was fading day by day as the trial process failed to make any significant progress over the last five years.
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CPD RMG Study Stitching a better future for Bangladesh