Bangladesh Remembers Rana Plaza, Two Years On

These last 24 months in Dhaka have been a prime example of the gamut that emotions can run. From horror — as the eight-story Rana Plaza collapsed on April 24, 2013, killing 1,135 garment workers — to helplessness, to suffering, to collective action, to planning, to correction and everything in between. And in many of these varying emotions, the garment industry in Bangladesh found resonance across the world. The resonance is particularly strong this week, as tears are welling up in memory, and prayers sung, just short of the second anniversary of Rana Plaza on Friday. It is also a week of intense introspection; talking about compensation payments that have not been completed, rehabilitation gone awry, discussions in which change and the vision for growth in the next three years have come into sharper focus. Garment workers, who spent months demanding justice — and the arrests of the owners of the five factories housed in Rana Plaza as well as its owner, Sohel Rana — have paid special attention to the judicial system in Dhaka this week, which is grinding on. Last week, the investigating officer for the Rana Plaza case asked the court for more time before filing the charge sheet against the 21 people

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