A teenage seamstress who survived for 17 days in the rubble of a collapsed Bangladesh garment factory building has left hospital with a new job at an international hotel chain.

Bangladesh’s government plans to raise the minimum wage for clothing workers after more than 1,100 people perished in the collapse of a factory building.

A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed clothes factory building outside Bangladesh’s capital is said to be making a good recovery in hospital.

A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued yesterday — a miraculous moment set against a scene of horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000.