It is unfortunate that within two days of the death of an electrician who fell off a pole of a traverse at the Carriage and Wagon Workshop of Bangladesh Railway (east zone) at Pahartali in Chattogram

Two separate reports have been published recently about deaths at workplace. Indeed, the year 2017 has been a particularly deadly year for workers in Bangladesh.

We find it appalling that there can be such blatant disregard for human life. In a harrowing image published in The Daily Star yesterday, the failure to ensure workers' safety was shamefully evident. In the photograph, a worker of a power distribution company was seen to be working without any safety gear, precariously leaning against a bamboo plant against power cables.

At least five workers including a woman are killed in a tyre factory fire in Pubail area of Gazipur.