One day almost a year ago, April 24, 2013, started out like any other for so many who worked in a factory building called Rana Plaza. Suddenly, the structure collapsed. People in all of Bangladesh and around the world were very sad. In the accident, more than 1,100 died.
Bangladesh is a small country in Asia with a huge amount of people. The population is 154.7 million. A large number of people are poor in this country -- 26 percent live below the poverty level.
Many are forced to find cheap jobs and don’t worry about their own security. There are a lot of garment factories in Bangladesh that hire people for low pay at high safety risk -- including teens.
In Bangladesh, many of the Rana Plaza survivors are having a tough time adjusting to lost limbs and shattered lives. And the country worries about more tragedies to come.
That is why many are now saying that the government needs to pay more attention to old buildings and their owners.
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