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  • Bangladesh garment factories reopen within days of shutdown Bangladesh garment factories reopen within days of shutdown

    DHAKA - Bangladesh has re-opened hundreds of garment factories after just three days of closure following protests over pay and poor work conditions. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association had called for the re-opening on Friday. The shutdown of factories this week was prompted by worker protests over low pay and poor working conditions sparked by the country's ...

  • 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 ...

  • Bangladesh Bloggers Face Constant Death Threats Since Government Labeled Them Atheist

    Islamists burn an effigy of a blogger in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during a Feb. 24, 2013, nationwide strike demanding that the "atheist" bloggers be hanged. (Photo by Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty ...

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  • VIDEO Short documentary on current events in Bangladesh

    A short, yet heart wrenching documentary on the situation in Bangladesh. The documentary highlights the reality on the ground as well as the oppression and tyranny of the Bangladeshi ...

  • Bangladesh garment hub reopens

    Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub have reopened after being closed for days because of unrest sparked by the country's worst industrial tragedy, employers say.Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association shut down the factories at the Ashulia industrial area on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka earlier this week after tens of thousands of workers ...

  • Kerry Meets Bangladeshi Counterpart

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment ...

  • Bangladesh Garment Industry Surviving the Rana Plaza Building Collapse

    Hundreds of garment factories are up and running again Friday in Bangladesh. They’d been closed down by three days of protests over dangerous working conditions. Those protests were sparked by April’s collapse of a building near the capital Dhaka which housed five garment factories. The collapse killed more than 1,100 workers. Bangladesh is the world’s second-biggest ...

  • US wants Bangladesh progress on labor standards

    WASHINGTON -; Secretary of State John Kerry says the U.S. wants to see Bangladesh move forward on improving labor standards after a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment ...

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