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  • Bangladesh allows transit for foodgrains for northeast India

    In a major policy change, Bangladesh will allow India ferry foodgrains for the mountainous northeastern states via its territory, a Tripura minister said here. "Initially, the Bangladesh government has agreed to transport 10,000 tonnes of foodgrains for Tripura through its territory," Tripura Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bhanulal Saha told IANS. "The Bangladesh government issued necessary ...

  • The dark side of Japanese fashion made in Bangladesh

    Few, if any, similarities exist between the redactions of the Benghazi e-mails and the deletions and distortions made by Richard Nixon in his taped ...

  • Bangladesh The cost of fashion

    The disaster showed the terrible working conditions, and lack of safety, for millions of workers there. Both Bangladesh and the global community are coming to terms with their roles in the disaster, because whether consumers shop at Walmart or at Giorgio Armani, the clothes they buy are probably produced in Bangladesh, which is ranks number two in the world for garment ...

  • 17 killed 30 injured in road accident in Bangladesh

    At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Police was quoted by private news agency UNB as saying that the Dhaka bound truck collided head on with the passenger bus, leaving 11 passengers ...

  • Video In Bangladesh owner under scrutiny in deadly collapse

    More than a thousand people died because of one man - as an official inquiry into last month's garment factory collapse in Bangladesh blamed the owner for violating building codes. Many of the victims are now seeking compensation. But some workers might not receive a penny. It's been reported that their ID cards were confiscated when they got their final pay packets. ITV's ...

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Wanted

Wanted

There is an infectious absurdity to Wanted that you can't help but admire. Based on a comic book series by Mark Millar and J.G. Jones, it posits the idea of an ultra-secret group of assassins called The Fraternity that has existed for 1,000 years to maintain order in society by killing thos ... ...

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  • Reporters notebook Going undercover inside a Bangladesh garment factory

    (CBS News) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- Getting inside a garment factory in Bangladesh isn't easy. It's an enormous industry. There are more than 4,000 factories, employing an estimated 4 million people. Garments and textiles make up about 80 percent of Bangladesh's export ...

  • Girl Scouts Lemonade Day success reaching Bangladesh

    Contributed photo Mayor Nelda Martinez pours water for a batch of lemonade on May 5 at the stand operated by Girl Scout Elizabeth Schmidt and her friend Justin Kar. Chamber of Commerce Director Foster Edwards looks on. The stand’s $446 profit is being donated to Justin’s uncle to help pay for removal of a brain ...

  • Buddhists from Bangladesh resettle in Myanmar Rohingya Muslims cry foul

    Minority Rohingya Muslims who have long alleged persecution by the Buddhists in Myanmar, say Buddhist families from Bangladesh are now being resettled on their ...

  • Bangladesh RMG Sector-should be win-win situation for all

    Professor Abdul Mannan. After the Savar’s Rana Plaza disaster and 1127 ready-made garments workers death in five garments factories located in the building there has been flurry of activities around the world, mostly condemning the Bangladesh Ready Made Garments’ Manufacturers, the Government and other relevant trade bodies for not overseeing the safety issues of approximately 4 ...

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