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Toll in Bangladesh building collapse rises to 250

Rediff.com25 Apr 2013

With 250 people killed in one of the worst building collapses in Bangladesh, thousands of distraught people on Thursday watched rescuers search for their loved ones trapped under the debris of the eight-storey complex that had come crashing down within seconds.

Collapse toll hits 1,127, Bangla army to end salvage campaign

Rediff.com13 May 2013

The Bangladesh army is planning to wrap up its 20 days of salvage campaign at the ruins of a garment factory building that collapsed last month, even as toll from the country's worst ever industrial disaster rose to 1,127.