Deputy Commissioner of Chandpur district Anjana Khan Majlish along with SP Milon Mahmud cuts a birthday cake marking the 58th birth day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s youngest son Sheikh Russel at a function at Chandpur Sarkari Shishu Paribar on Monday.

19 Oct 2021, 12:00 am0

Deputy Commissioner of Chandpur district Anjana Khan Majlish along with SP Milon Mahmud cuts a birthday cake marking the 58th birth day of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's youngest son Sheikh Russel at a function at Chandpur S

Brands’ pledge for fund woefully inadequate

A year after the deadliest industrial accidents in history, multinational clothing brands are failing to meet the $40 million target to pay fair compensation to the victims of the Rana Plaza disaster.More than 1,129 people were killed and a further 2,000 were injured when the eight-storey Rana Plaza building in Savar collapsed on 24 April 2013.Brand contributions to the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund remain woefully inadequate. So far only around $15 million has been paid into the fund, established...

25 Apr 2014, 12:00 am