Kalshi Killings

Kalshi Killings

The news yesterday started with some youths of the bihari community playing with firecrackers near a mosque right after Fajr prayers around 5:00am on Shab-e-barat in Mirpur, Dhaka, which drew the attention of policemen on patrol. And it ended with clashes that went on into the day, between 100 to 150 people injured, 10 deaths, including 9 people of a family being burnt alive in their homes, and one shot dead.

What happened is known, but who did what, and why they did it, is unclear.

#arson #bihari #shab-e-barat #bangladeshinnumbers

Sources:
www.thedailystar.net/10-killed-nine-of-a-family-28520
www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/dhaka-10-die-in-attack-on-bihari-origin-pakistanis/article1-1229493.aspx
thedailynewnation.com/news/15168/9-burnt-to-death-another-gunned-down-in-mirpur.html
bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/06/14/nine-killed-in-mirpur-camp

Playing with fire: No exist in sight for 47%

Playing with fire: No exit in sight for 47%

According to a recent survey of 3,200 workers in 28 factories by the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, a platform of 26 US-based clothing retailers and brands, 47% of garment workers say they cannot leave their factory buildings quickly in case of an emergency. Although 30% felt that they were at high risk of fire, an upsetting finding was that 45% of the respondents had not been trained in fire safety.

#bangladesh #bangladeshinnumbers #rmg #fire #firesafety

Source:
www.thedailystar.net/factory-exits-difficult-to-find-11073

You are Collateral Damage

You are Collateral Damage

What's your life worth in Bangladesh? BDT 500? That's what people are paid to torch vehicles during hartals and blockades. As of 6 Dec 2013, 58 people have died (in the last 10 days) - count your blessings as you were not one of them.

Sources:
www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2013/dec/06/hartal-profitable-business-some-poor-children-women-used-proxy-activists
www.dhakatribune.com/politics/2013/dec/07/yet-another-blockade-begins-three-days