Factory owner barred from leaving Bangladesh

DHAKA, Bangladesh -; The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer ...

Bangladesh calls one-month ban on rallies

BANGLADESHI authorities have announced a one-month ban on political rallies to facilitate relief operations after Cyclone Mahasen. "It is not possible to protect the fundamental rights like holding meetings and rallies when the country was hit by a natural disaster," Local Government and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told reporters in the capital Dhaka. The category-one ...

Bangladesh collapse search over after 1127 died

Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended yesterday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The death toll hit 1,127. Mohammed Amir Hossain Mazumder, deputy director of fire service and civil defense, said search for bodies from the April 24 collapse was called off at 6pm. Bulldozers and other ...

Do shoppers feel guilty about Bangladesh

Fair trade labels might help consumers decide on ethical purchases The hottest date at the global retail real estate conference that starts Sunday in Las Vegas is Uniqlo. That's because Uniqlo is one of the three "big hitters" in retail right now, says Faith Hope Consolo, chairman of Douglas Elliman Real Estate's retail group, along with Sweden-based chain H&M and British ...

A visual explanation of the factory safety plan in Bangladesh

Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (pdf) lays out a new factory inspection program and calls for companies that sign to underwrite any renovations needed to bring their suppliers up to established safety standards. Here is a visual explanation of the accord: More from ...