Censor board suspends certificate

Bangladesh Film Censor Board yesterday suspended the censor certificate of the movie Rana Plaza after the Supreme Court dismissed a review petition challenging an SC order that had cleared the way for releasing and screening the movie.  

The movie was made centring on the miraculous rescue of garment worker Reshma Khatun, who was pulled out from under the rubble of Rana Plaza 17 days after the building collapsed on April 23, 2013.  As many as 1,135 people, mostly garment workers, were killed in the incident, which is seen as one of the worst workplace disasters in history.

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The SC yesterday dismissed the review petition submitted by Sirajul Islam Rony, president of Bangladesh National Garments Workers Employees League. He submitted the petition against the SC's order that on September 6 stayed a High Court verdict banning the exhibition of the movie.  

In the petition, Rony claimed some "horrible" scenes were yet to be deleted from the movie in line with the HC directives.

Afterwards, he appealed to the censor board, which suspended the censor certificate of the movie.

The suspension will remain in force until the appellate authority of the board disposes of the appeal, said Rony's lawyer Mehedi Hasan Chowdhury.