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Bangladesh court gives Wactchdog another year overseeing safety at Garments Factories: List

the name of the garment factories.

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2) Why did owner of Tazrin Garment Factories charge by the Court of Bangladesh?

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On 24 November 2012, a fire broke out at the Tazreen Fashions garment factory, which manufactured
clothes for various international brands. More than 1150 people were inside the factory at the time. 112
employees died and more than 200 were injured in the fire. Fire officials say the blaze broke out in the
open-air ground floor, where large mounds of fabric and yarn were illegally stored. Managers and
security guards on some floors reportedly ordered employees to ignore the fire alarm and continue to
work. Smoke and fire spread throughout the building, and the windows were secured with iron grilles
making it impossible for employees to escape. The building itself lacked safety features.

In December 2013, police filed charges against 13 people for arson, culpable homicide not amounting to
murder, and death by negligence, which were accepted by the magistrate judge. Among those charged
were the factory owners, husband Delowar Hossain wife Mahmuda Akter, as well as factory managers
and security guards. A Dhaka court issued arrest warrants on 31 December 2013 after six of the 13
people charged failed to appear in court after the charged were filed. Delowar Hossain and Mahmuda
Akter surrendered six weeks after the arrest warrants were issued and were placed in jail. They were
denied bail and placed in jail. Mr Hossein denies any responsibility. All of the 13 charged face a
maximum sentence of life in prison if convicted. Bangladesh court Tuesday ordered the arrest of owners
of a garment factory where 111 workers were killed last year in the country's worst such fire.The court.
Issued the warrants for Delwar Hossain, Mahmuda Akter and four others over the blaze that gutted the
Tazreen factory where workers stitched clothes for Western retailers including Walmart[P] rosecutor
Anwarul Kabir...[said,] "The owners and 11 others have been charged with arson, culpable homicide not
amounting to murder and death by negligence"...The arrest order signals a toughening stand by local
authorities against influential garment manufacturers, who openly flout safety rules... Some of the
retailers have refused to compensate...workers injured in the fire and families of workers killed, arguing
that their orders to suppliers...were illegally diverted to the Tazreen factory. Despite the charges and the
arrest warrants, unions said it was unlikely the owners would face tough punishment

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