Tk 1.45m for each of the dead, missing, disabled

FE Report | Published: January 24, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

The committee to fix compensation for the Rana Plaza victims Thursday finalised Tk 1.45 million for the family of each of the dead, missing and disabled workers, sources said.
Earlier a sub-committee recommended Tk 1.95 million for the family of each of the deceased, they added.
The committee was formed following a High Court order after the country's worst industrial disaster at Rana Plaza on April 24 last year that killed more than 1,100 workers to decide the amount of compensation rates and categories of the injured.
Later two sub-committees were formed to fix the compensation rates and the categories while the first one recommended Tk 1.95 million for the family of each of the deceased and for those who sustained permanent injury during the incident.
But the apparel makers' apex body - Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) - in a meeting in November last proposed to fix Tk 0.7 million for the family of each of the dead victims and requested to do it according to the labour law and also consider the owner's capability and reality.
Following the BGMEA's disagreement, the sub-committee to fix the compensation rates again scrutinised the association's proposal, the main committee's recommendation and also consulted with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) officials, a source involved with the process said.
It finally recommended Tk 1.45 million for the family of each dead, missing workers and those who sustained permanent injury, he said.
The recommendation will be submitted to the court shortly, he added.
The recommendation also included Tk 0.75 million for each of the workers who lost one limb in the building collapse and Tk 0.45 million as treatment cost for each of the injured workers and Tk 0.15 million for those affected mentally.
The recommendation did not specify the sources of the compensation amount but said it might be collected from the building owner, factory owners, BGMEA and global buyers through government decision.