432 workers killed in workplace accidents in 2020: report

At least 432 workers were killed in 373 workplace accidents across the country in 2020 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, said a survey report of Safety and Rights Society. The labour rights non-government organisation on Thursday unveiled the report they filed monitoring 26 daily newspapers from January 1 to December 31, 2020 In 2019, 572…

পাটগ্রাম প্রেসক্লাবে পাথরভাঙ্গা শিল্পে সতর্কতা ও করণীয় বিষয়ে এ্যাডভোকেসি সভা

পাথরভাঙ্গা শ্রমিকদের স্বাস্থ্য সচেতনতা ও অধিকার বিষয়ে এ এ্যাডভোকেসি সভায় নানাবিধ আলোচনা হয় পাথরভাঙ্গা শিল্পে সতর্কতা ও করণীয় বিষয়ক এ্যাডভোকেসি সভা হাসান জুয়েল পাটগ্রাম (লালমনিরহাট) প্রতিনিধি লালমনিরহাটের পাটগ্রাম প্রেস ক্লাবে শ্রমিক, মালিক, জনপ্রতিনিধি ও গনমাধ্যমকর্মীদের নিয়ে পাথরভাঙ্গা শিল্পে সতর্কতা ও করণীয় বিষয়ক এ্যাডভোকেসি সভা অনুষ্ঠিত হয়েছে। সোমবার (২৮ ডিসেম্বর) দিনব্যাপী সেইফটি এ্যান্ড রাইটস্ সোসাইটির (এসআরএস)…

257 killed in workplace accidents in six months

Workplace accidents claimed the lives of as many as 257 workers across the country in the last six months, according to a report of the Safety and Rights Society. The January-June period of 2019 saw a total of 210 such accidents, it said. During the same period in 2018, some 352 people were killed in…

592 killed in workplace accidents last year

At least 592 workers were killed in 484 workplace accidents across the country in 2018 and most of the deaths occurred due to road accidents, says a survey report of Safety and Rights Society (SRS), a non-government organisation working for workplace health and safety. SRS prepared the report monitoring 26 daily newspapers (15 national and…

3 workers die after inhaling septic tank gas in Gazipur

Three workers died after inhaling toxic gas in a septic tank at a house in Tongi on Monday. The deceased were identified as Atique, 25 and Shaheen, 30, two sons of Shahidullah of Phulbaria upazila in Mymensingh district and Faruk, 25, son of Zahirul Islam of Rangpur district, UNB reports. Ashiqur Rahman, station officer of…

Construction Site: 3 workers killed in city

The Daily Star, Back Page, Published On: 09-06-2018 See original story at https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/12-storey-fall-two-workers-killed-city-1588498 Construction Site: 3 workers killed in city Three construction workers died as scaffolding outside a 12-storey under-construction building broke in the city’s Dhanmondi area yesterday. The dead are Monirul Islam, 40, of Chapainawabganj, and Mokhlesur Rahman, 22, and Saidur Rahman, 35, of Kurigram.Monirul…

4 die in lift collapse

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…