worker-deaths

A motorcycle was standing by the side of the road. Suddenly, its driver rode it onto the road. A bus of Shah Fateh Ali Paribahan was approaching at high speed in that lane. While trying to avoid the motorcycle, the bus ran over workers standing by the roadside, killing seven people. The accident occurred early Friday in Erulia of Bogura Sadar. “Every morning, there is a labor market here. Today, a motorcycle driver was bringing a laborer onto the road. Just then, the bus arrived. While trying t...

Only 35 years old, Palli Mahalakshmi had been working from dawn on the roof of a multistory building under construction in Chennai. Above her head was a blazing sun like a ball of fire, while concrete heat surrounded her from all sides. Within a few hours, her body gave way. Her coworkers immediately took her to a hospital, but she could not be saved. Mahalakshmi’s husband, Krishna Rao, still cannot believe that everything ended so quickly. His wife was the main and only support of the fam...