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Thanks to the help given by the UK's CLEFT – Bridging the Gap to local doctors, children with the condition can benefit from world-class surgery and care

It has been ten years since an eight-storey commercial building housing several textile factories on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on April 24, 2013. The collapse of Rana Plaza claimed the lives of 1,134 people and severely injured 2,000 more, most of them women.

DHAKA: Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh said on Saturday they would not return to Myanmar to “be confined in camps” after making their first return visit as part of efforts to encourage their voluntary repatriation.

Nilufa Yasmin was trapped beneath the rubble for three days at the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in an ordeal which is too traumatising to recall

The nine-storey building collapsed in 2013, killing 1,134 people, in one of the deadliest industrial disasters ever.

The first Army formation to reach Dhaka, formerly Dacca, during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War celebrated 60 years of service to the nation on April 24. 

Campaigners say safety has improved but brands need to do more for workers’ rights and pay as survivors recount tragedy

It’s ten years since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured several thousand more. The collapse of the eight-storey building on April 24 2013, which housed five factories making clothes for western high street brands like Accessorize,…

A huge fire swept through a shopping complex containing nearly 1,500 shops in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, officials said on Saturday as firefighters and soldiers struggled to put out the blaze with smoke hampering rescue efforts.