Md. Shafiqul Islam aged about 39 years old is doing construction work as a mason. He started to work when he was 13/14 years old. At the age of 5 he came from Bhola to Dhaka with his uncle and aunty due to financial crisis. He belonged to a very poor family. Now he lives…
The Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh has developed a fund for the welfare of workers under Bangladesh Labour Welfare Foundation Act, 2006. If any worker is injured or died at workplace accident, such injured worker and dependents of deceased worker get welfare fund from the Government. Besides education fund for children, maternity fund, emergency…
The Daily Star, Front Page, Published On: 2011-07-22 See original story at http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=195251 Construction Site: 4 die in lift collapse M Rahman and Shahin Mollah Four workers died as a makeshift lift carrying them plunged to the ground in a terrifying free-fall at an under-construction building in the city’s Kakrail yesterday evening. The dead were Zahidul…
A construction site at Nakhalpara in the city’s Tejgaon Industrial Area subsided taking with it an adjacent road and three tin-shed houses after the pilings collapsed early yesterday [May 21, 2011], also causing cracks on nearby multi-storey buildings, reports The Daily Star. Five construction workers were injured as they tumbled in the ditch formed after…
Most construction firm owners directly or indirectly force workers to work without any safety gear and in hazardous conditions which lead to frequent accidents at construction sites, reports The Daily Star on July 23, 2011. With a high unemployment rate, firm owners have the luxury of firing anyone who talks about safety, and hiring someone…
Maruf along with four minor boys was playing near an under construction building of Babu Bhuiyan at East Rampura in Dhaka city at about 10:00am on January 24, 2011. At one stage of playing, some 9/10 bricks of the under construction wall fell on them leaving Touhid dead instantly and two others, including Maruf, injured.…
Everything was going well for Matiur, 30, along with his wife Rubia Khatun and their four children after getting first month salary against his work at M/S Akbar Re-rolling Mills at Munshikhola of Shyampur in Dhaka city. Matiur, son of Akkel Ali of Chitholia village in Shribordi under Sherpur, was a hard worker and always…
Iqbal, 26, was working in an under construction building of Rupayan Palace at 368, Section-10, Senpara Parbata, Mirpur in Dhaka. Iqbal was injured critically as he suddenly fell down from the 13th floor of the building at about 12noon on May 21, 2007. Co-workers rushed him to Dhaka Medical College Hospital where doctors declared him…
Nur Banu Begum, 40, wife of Peyar Ahmed of Ostogram village in Nangolkot under Comilla, was working on the rooftop of an under construction building of SF Denim Garments at 430-431 Tejgaon Industrial Area in Dhaka city on September 28, 2007. At one stage of work at about 8:00am, she fell down from fifth floor…
Mohin, 23, had been working in Sun Steel Mills Ltd at Shyampur of Dhaka as a crane- operator for six months. Before joining the mill, he received training on crane driving at Postagola in the capital city. Mohin was a permanent worker of the mill and got monthly salary of Tk 5,000. On August 18,…