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  • US delegation to urge labour reforms in Bangladesh US delegation to urge labour reforms in Bangladesh

    DHAKA - A high level US delegation led by the State Department's Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman will visit Bangladesh this weekend to press for a major overhaul of labour safety regulations following the nation's deadliest industrial accident, an official said Wednesday. The collapse of a nine-storey factory complex housing several garment units outside the capital last ...

  • Bangladesh mulls homicide charges

    THE commission investigating a building collapse that left 1127 dead and more than 2400 hurt is urging the Bangladeshi government to pursue homicide charges against the owners of the structure and of the five textile factories. The worst industrial disaster in the history of the South Asian nation was due to poor construction and the use of "extremely poor quality" materials, according ...

  • Video Undercover investigation Bangladesh factory conditions revealed

    Poor quality cement and iron rods have been blamed in a government committee report for a massive building collapse in Bangladesh in which more than 1,000 people were killed. CBS News' Holly Williams recently went undercover in that country to investigate unsafe working ...

  • Bangladesh disaster probe blames owner

    The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...

  • Bangladesh factory owners failings led to collapse says report

    The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded. The committee recommended ...

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Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) [DVD]

Grigori Chukhrai's Ballad of a Soldier (Ballada o soldate) tells a simple, humanistic war-time story about a 19-year-old soldier who, after being given a six-day leave for showing bravery in the heat of battle, tries to make his way back to his small village in order to see his mother. One of several classic films made during the "thaw" period in the Soviet Union following Josef Stal ... ...

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  • Toronto architects build sideways in Bangladesh

    Rendering of Shobuj Pata low-rise condo project, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Toronto-based JCI Architects. Instead of pushing tall buildings upright, you can tip the towers onto their sides, as JCI decided to do here. The move lets skyscrapers do what they do best - provide dwellings that are safe and private, but compactly stacked in the landscape. (JCI ...

  • Dhaka building collapse probe finds many failings

    Sohel Rana also "used extremely poor quality iron rods and cement," Ahmed told The Associated Press on Thursday. "There were a series of irregularities." The report found that Rana had permission to build a six-story structure and added two floors illegally so he could rent them out to garment factories. Past statements from authorities said the owner had permission for a ...

  • Shoddy Materials And Illegal Construction Caused Bangladesh Factory Collapse

    The report also said the building was not built for industrial use and the weight of the heavy garment factory machinery and their vibrations contributed to the building ...

  • Hay Festival 2013 Clothes will be more expensive after Bangladesh tragedy

    "I think the cost of clothes does need to go up," she said. "We have had this race to the bottom. Nothing can be much worse than what has happened." Prof Black said people can still save money by buying good quality clothes and make do and mend. She said making your own clothes is also popular following the ...

  • Research and Markets Bangladesh LNG Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020

    "Bangladesh LNG Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Bangladesh LNG industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the LNG sector. It is a complete source of information and analysis on Bangladesh LNG industry. It provides ...

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