Due to machine blast in a textile mill in northern Gazipur district on Thursday night one worker was killed and 22 others were injured.
Frightened night shift workforce rushed out of the textile mill situated at Kaliakoir, about 45 km north of Dhaka, injuring 22.
The cause of the blast was not revealed by the authorites but informed that the injured personnel were admitted to local hospital.
Flames and blast of boiler machine in textile mills in Bangladesh are awfully common, killing several workers of the industry that engages around 2 million workers, 90 percent being women.
Clothing export is the foremost overseas exchange earner of the country bringing about US $4 billion, per year and is about 70 percent of the export yields of this South Asian nation with an inhabitants of 140 million.
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