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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 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Groups divided on Bangladesh safety overhauls

    NEW YORK -- The nation's largest retail industry organization fired back Friday, outlining reasons why a legally binding global pact to make Bangladesh clothing factories safer would expose merchants to undue legal exposure. The move came as U.S. retailers face increasing pressure from a large coalition of religious groups and investors to work together to develop a plan."It is a very ...

  • Bangladesh Delegation Defends Trade Status in Washington

    Barack Obama 's administration not to revoke trade preferences as it reviews worker-safety conditions in the Asian nation. A delegation from Bangladesh met with officials from the U.S. Trade Representative's office on May 15 to discuss the agency's study of the trade benefits, agency spokeswoman Kate Villarreal said today in an e-mail. The April 24 collapse of a garment ...

  • UN human rights chief welcomes signing of Bangladesh work safety accord by major companies

    Hundreds people lost their lives when an eight-story building outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed on 24 April, 2013, trapping thousands of mostly garment workers inside. Photo: ...

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