Hundreds are thought to be trapped but hope of finding more alive is fading. Most victims are thought to be garment factory workers. The building’s owner has been arrested.
Mohammed Sohel Rana is one of eight people detained, along with at least two garment factory owners. They face allegations of negligence, illegal construction and persuading workers to enter the building in Savar - a day after visible cracks appeared.
Separately two companies whose suppliers were based in the building, Britain‘s Primark and Canada’s Loblaw, said on Monday they would pay compensation and offer emergency food aid to victims who worked for their suppliers.
Alamgir said that the Bangladeshi authorities “were confident we could manage it ourselves” in the rescue operation and had “enough people” involved in the rescue operation. He pointed out that nearly 2,430 of at least 3,000 people who had been in the building survived. The minister said this figure was “better than the average international effort in such cases”.
“We did a good job and I am proud of my people - the firemen, the military, the police, and the local volunteers who all came in to help Alamgir added that foreign countries had not provided a list of specialist equipment Bangladesh had asked for.
Both the UK government and the United Nations have said they had teams of experts ready to head out to Bangladesh, but their offer of help was turned down.
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