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Bangladesh Finance Minister says building collapse is "not really serious"

The Finance Minister of Bangladesh says he doesn't think the impact of the factory building colla...
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08.47 4 May 2013


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Bangladesh Finance Minister says building collapse is "not really serious"

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08.47 4 May 2013


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The Finance Minister of Bangladesh says he doesn't think the impact of the factory building collapse in Dhaka was "really serious" - adding that this sort of thing " happens everywhere".

More then 530 people have now been confirmed dead after the building came down more than a week ago.

Yesterday an engineer who warned that the factory was unsafe the day before it collapsed - was arrested. He's the ninth person to be questioned by police in connection with the disaster.

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But the country's finance minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has downplayed the event - describing it as an accident:

 


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