More 43 unidentified Rana Plaza victims were identified by the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) test report.
The DNA testing authority on Sunday submitted 43 DNA test reports to the labour and employment ministry, Labour Secretary Mikail Shipar told the Dhaka Tribune on Sunday.
Earlier, the authority submitted 157 DNA testing reports out of 322 DNA samples that were sent to them for identifying the victims testing their DNA samples.
The rest 122 DNA samples are now in the hands of DNA testing authority. It would also be identified shortly, the secretary hoped.
He said the names of the identified victims would be disclosed soon to reduce harassments of the victim families.
The identification reports would be sent to the authority concerned for giving compensations immediately. The families of the identified victims will get their compensations and other benefits shortly according to the announcement of the prime minister, the secretary said.
The prime minister will distribute the compensations and benefits to the families within a short period of time, he added.
More than 1,135 people died in the Rana Plaza collapse disaster on 24 April last year, mainly workers making clothes for sale on western high streets by retailers including Matalan, Primark and other household names.
The tragedy was the worst industrial accident anywhere in the world for a generation.
