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On that day, early in the morning many garment workers walked into the factories of Rana Plaza, their working place. Within an hour everything was shattered. Nobody knows how many workers were running to save his or her lives at the end moment. Workers' scream echoed on the walls of Rana Plaza.

International attention has been focused on workers' safety in Bangladesh since the disaster at Rana Plaza, a garment factory complex which collapsed in April, killing 1,132 workers. As concern runs high about the safety of garment workers, Reuters photographer Andrew Biraj spent time photographing survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse and also documenting the lives of workers in other industries in Bangladesh, where conditions can be hazardous.

The look of every individual expresses their horrible memory and scream for their spoilt dreams. Dalia Amena, Mitaly, Asma and all other are the victims of Rana Plaza, a nine-story commercial building that collapsed on 24 April 2013. With more than 1134 workers' deaths and sufferings by the collapse, their lives also have fallen into a cycle of distress.

"I wanted to be an artist by drawing and making handicraft but my dream is now ruined under the niddle of machine, under the rubble and sometimes by fire"- Lija a garment worker With a dream of living a better life million of workers from villages gather in workers barrack in cities.

Links to articles and information: A year since Rana Plaza collapsed

The photo essays complete a body of a long term work that Suvra Kanti Das is carrying out on the garments industry and business in Bangladesh with a particular focus on workers and their working conditions. Most recent essays first.