Controversy Surrounds Effort to Compensate Bangladesh
5/7/2015 Controversy Surrounds Effort to Compensate Bangladesh Building Collapse Victims VOA Sites by Language LISTEN: LATEST NEWSCAST Log in HOME USA AFRICA ASIA MIDEAST EUROPE SCIENCE & TECH HEALTH ENTERTAINMENT ECONOMY Sign up PROGRAMS Listen News / Asia Controversy Surrounds Effort to Compensate Bangladesh Building Collapse Victims Print Comment FEATURED VIDEOS Share: Mass Grave Exposes Entrenched Trafficking in Thailand Comment (0) VOA BLOGS Fatema holds a picture of her son Nurul Karim as she poses for a photograph in front of her house in Savar, April 21, 2014. Fatema lost her son and her daugther Arifa, who were working at the Rana Plaza when it collapsed on April 24, 2013. Shaikh Azizur Rahman Astronomers Detect a Galaxy Far, Far Away May 06, 2015 10:12 AM Tweet 52 Recommend Share 41 0 RELATED ARTICLES Labor Unions Gaining Ground in Bangladesh Garment Industry Efforts Underway to Make Bangladesh Garment Factories Safer KOLKATA—Two years after the collapse of Dhaka’s Rana Plaza building, in which more than 1,100 garment factory workers died, millions of dollars have been paid to thousands of affected people, but the disbursement is not without controversy. by Rick Pantaleo Techtonics Watson Joins Cancer Fight; Tech Diversity; Linux Malware, Patch Tuesday Soon after the tragedy, the Bangladesh government and global clothing companies collected money for two separate funds to compensate the survivors and the dependents of those killed in the collapse of the nine story building. by Aida Akl All About America These Women Helped Save the World Safety Overhaul Puts Strain on Bangladesh Garment Industry Bangladesh’s commercial banks and other local sources contributed $16 million to the prime minister’s Relief and Welfare Fund following the disaster. HRW: Cambodia Failing to Protect Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) the Garment Workers Bangladesh chapter of the global anticorruption watchdog last month reported that the prime minister’s fund has disbursed just $2.48 million of that total. by Amanda Custer Rights Group Slams Bangladesh’s Garment Industry DAY IN PHOTOS Another fund, called Rana Plaza Donors' Trust Fund, which was set up exclusively for Rana Plaza victims, drew $27 million in contributions from some 30 European and American clothing brands, some Bangladeshi garment manufacturers and the PM’s fund. The Rana Plaza Claims Administration (RPCA), which manages the trust fund, says that so far it has disbursed some $19.63 million among the victims. Officials are still trying to determine the final number of people killed in the tragedy, because the bodies of 159 people reported missing have never been VOA SPECIAL REPORTS Water's Edge Shrinking River Threatens http://www.voanews.com/content/controversysurroundsefforttocompensatebangladeshbuildingcollapsevictims/2752215.html 1/3 5/7/2015 Controversy Surrounds Effort to Compensate Bangladesh Building Collapse Victims US Southwest found. That could bring the total number killed to about 1,300. Trust fund shortfall Wearable Tech VOA and Google Glass The Rana Plaza Donor’s Trust Fund says it is about $3 million short of the $30 million it estimates it needs to compensate all victims of the tragedy. Central African Republic Transparency International Bangladesh executive director Iftekhar Zaman is calling on the Prime Minister’s fund to make up the difference. Diamonds Fuel A Cycle of Violence and Poverty IS Recruits Somalis in US “Although the Prime Minister’s fund received contributions of $ 16 million for the Rana Plaza tragedy victims, only $ 2.48 million was disbursed (through trust fund). In fact, the whole amount of $ 16 million is meant for use as relief to those victims,” Zaman said. A spokesman for the Prime Minister’s Office’s has defended its donation record, saying the collections are not exclusively for the Rana Plaza victims, and could go to other people in need. But officials have provided little information about the disbursement of the funds, says Transparency. The group says the government so far has failed to even provide a list of who has already been compensated. "Why He Chose To Leave This Good Land?" Circumventing Censorship An Internet Primer for Healthy Web Habits Boko Haram In The Home of Peace, A Siege of Fear MORE ASIA NEWS Seoul to Help N. Korean Defectors Save Money Blame game For the families of workers killed in the factory, the compensation amount varies depending on their salary, and the number and age of their dependents. Administrators say the amount ranges from around $6,425 to $12,850. Several workers in highly placed positions were compensated more than $32,000. Thailand Using DNA Tests to Combat Insurgents Activists: More Work Needed to Bust Rohingya Trafficking Ring Phil Robertson, Asia Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, partly blames some international garment brands who had operations in the garment factories, but have failed to meet expectations on donations to the relief fund. US Inspector: Weak Data Hurting Afghan Reconstruction “But it also indicates yet another appalling abdication of responsibility by the Bangladesh garment factory industry itself, since their trade group the BGMEA (Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association) is not contributing to the fund," he said. Russia's Turn to East More Economic Than Ideological Thailand Political Parties Criticize Proposed Constitution The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), a Dhakabased thinktank, said that although the government and outside groups have improved working conditions in many garment factories over the past two years, the slow payments process has meant that survivors and the victims’ families are being denied financial support which could help rehabilitate them. 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