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The budget clothing company saw a 22 per cent rise in year-on-year sales despite the Rana Plaza accident

Move comes after devastating building collapse that killed more than 1,100 people in April

A garment worker who spent 17 days trapped in rubble has been offered a job in a hotel

'I could not imagine, from where I was, to where I am now,' says Reshma Begum

Anyone who has had the misfortune to walk into a branch of Primark at the wrong time will know that the budget retailer’s “stack ’em high and sell ’em cheap” philosophy means that shop floors can often resemble a jumble sale, with queues stretching at tills and changing rooms. So, it’s somewhat surprising that the brand has not yet ventured into the ever-expanding world of online shopping.

The discount fashion giant Primark has finally joined the internet revolution after it launched on the website of Asos yesterday.

Profits ‘will soar at European airlines’

Service stations told to advertise prices

The designer label has slipped down the shopping chart since last year

Tahmina Akhter Sadia was in the Rana Plaza when it collapsed. She describes how the disaster unfolded

The High Court ordered the government to “immediately” confiscate the property of a collapsed building’s owner, as thousands of protesters demanding the death penalty for the man clashed with police, leaving 100 people injured.