Bangladesh Court Lifts Ban on 'Rana Plaza' Movie

The Supreme Court in Bangladesh has lifted a ban on the screening of a movie about a garment worker who was rescued from the rubble 17 days after a factory building collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1,000 people. In response to an appeal by the movie's producer, a four-member panel of judges led by Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha decided late Sunday to stay a previous High Court order that banned the release of the movie for six months. Producer Shamima Akhter argued that the...

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