Bangladesh has resumed the murder trial in the collapse of a textile factory after five years of appeals and court procedure.

The Rana Plaza textile factory, which made clothes for major Western brands, collapsed on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka, on April 24, 2013, due to the weight of the heavy garment factory machinery. The Rana Plaza building was constructed with substandard materials. The tragedy, that caused the death of more than 1,100 people (2,000 people were injured), brought to light poor safety standards in Bangladesh's garment industry. In 2016, 41 people were charged with murder, accused of signing off on building standards and forcing employees to work inside the building the day before the disaster despite knowing that it was not safe. Among the suspected roles in the disaster, there is the building's owner, Sohel Rana, his parents, and factory executives.

A judge ordered the trial to resume for 36 of the original defendants. Three have since died, while the cases of two defendants appealing their indictments will be considered separately. "We want to conclude the trial as quickly as possible. Already too much time has been wasted," chief public prosecutor Sheikh Hemayet Hossain told the AFP news agency. "The building didn't have any [construction] plan. It would shake when machines were switched on. And the owner of the building, Sohel Rana, used hired muscle to force the workers to go to work on the day of the collapse."

The tragedy at Rana Plaza is considered one of the world's most deadly factory disasters.

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