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Bangladesh factory owner held after 52 die in fire
5 years agoOnlookers watch as smoke bellows from a massive fire that broke out a day before in a beverage and food factory in Rupganj in the district Narayanganj on July 9, 2021 that has reportedly claimed 43 lives so far. (Photo by Munir Uz zaman / AFP)
Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested for murder the owner of a factory where 52 people died in an inferno, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there.