2013Rana Plaza Garment Factory Collapse

April 24: The Rana Plaza collapses in Bangladesh.
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🌪️ Bhola Cyclone Devastates East Pakistan, Killing Hundreds of Thousands

November 313: The Bhola Cyclone kills 500,000 people in East Pakistan.
Bhola Cyclone Devastates East Pakistan, Killing Hundreds of Thousands (1970)
CycloneNatural DisasterBangladeshDisaster ReliefEnvironmental DisasterMortality
BangladeshBangladesh

🏭 Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Bhopal Gas Tragedy (1984)
Environmental DisasterHuman RightsEnvironmentalism
IndiaIndia

🏢 Sampoong Department Store Collapse

June 29: The Sampoong Department Store collapse, a structural failure in a department store in Seoul, South Korea, kills 502 people and injures other 1,445.
Sampoong Department Store Collapse (1995)
DisasterBuilding CollapseInfrastructureConstructionFatalitiesIndustrial Accidents
South KoreaSouth Korea

🏢 Rana Plaza Garment Factory Collapse

Rana Plaza Garment Factory Collapse (2013)
Industrial AccidentsGlobalizationTextile IndustryBuilding CollapseHuman RightsBangladesh
BangladeshBangladesh

💥 Islamist Terrorist Attack on Dhaka Restaurant

Dhaka attack kills 29 people.
Islamist Terrorist Attack on Dhaka Restaurant (2016)
TerrorismIslamist ExtremismBangladeshAttackPolitical Violence
BangladeshBangladesh