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Events on Wednesday 24 April 2013 1
2013Rana Plaza building collapseGarment factory disaster kills over 1,100 workersAn eight-storey commercial building housing garment factories collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, killing more than 1,100 workers and injuring thousands more. It remains the deadliest garment-industry accident in history and led to major reforms in factory safety standards and international supply-chain accountability.