42 charged over Dhaka garment factory collapse

Police in Bangladesh have charged the owner of the Rana Plaza complex with murder over the building's collapse in 2013, killing more than 1,100 people.

Sohel Rana and more than a dozen government officials are among 42 people to face charges.

They are accused of ignoring warnings not to allow workers into the Rana Plaza building the day before it collapsed.

It was the worst industrial disaster in the country's history - and prompted criticism of global retail practices.

Sanjoy Majumder reports.

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