2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse
 | This article is missing information about this event. (March 2023) |
| Date | 11 April 2005 |
|---|---|
| Time | 00:45 am BST (UTC+06:00) |
| Location | Savar Upazila, Dhaka District, Bangladesh |
| Also known as | Spectrum garment factory collapse |
| Deaths | 73[1] |
| Non-fatal injuries | ~80>[2] |
The 2005 Dhaka garment factory collapse or Spectrum garment factory collapse was a structural failure that occurred on Monday, 11 April 2005 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh where a nine-story commercial building collapsed.[3][4] The site is located about 30 km northwest of Dhaka. The explosion of a boiler on the ground floor triggered the collapse. The owner of the building was Shahriar Sayeed Husain, a Bangladeshi businessman. He is married to Farah Mahbub, a judge of Bangladesh High Court.[5]
See also[edit]
- 2012 Dhaka garment factory fire
- Pakistan garment factory fires (2012)
- 2013 Savar building collapse – another garment factory collapse in Dhaka
- Thane building collapse (2013)
- Accord on Factory and Building Safety in Bangladesh
- Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety
References[edit]
- ^ Buerk, Roland (9 May 2005). "Bail denied over factory collapse". BBC News. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Davelaar, Geertjan (11 April 2013). "Spectrum collapse: eight years on and still little action on safety". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 6 May 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Davelaar, Geertjan (1 April 2005). "Factory collapsed - Bangladeshi Garment Workers Buried Alive". Clean Cloths Campaign. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Islam, Shariful; Ashraf, Shamim (12 April 2005). "9-storey Garment Building Crumbles at Savar". The Daily Star. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ Kona, Khatune Jannat (7 September 2004). সর্বকনিষ্ঠ এডিশনাল বিচারপতি ফারাহ মাহবুব [Youngest Additional Justice Farah Mahbub]. Daily Inqilab (in Bengali). Dhaka.
Further reading[edit]
- Spectrum collapse related news on Clean Cloths Campaign.
External links[edit]
- Interviews with workers, survivors on 1 June 2005
