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  • Sub-standard construction material led to Bangladesh building collapse says govt report

    A Bangladesh Government report into the collapse of a multi-storied factory building has uncovered a series of violations. The report revealed that the building had been constructed with sub-standard materials on unsuitable land. According to the BBC, it also recommended life sentences for the building's owner and the owners of five garment factories operating there. The Rana Plaza collapse ...

  • Survivor of Bangladesh factory building collapse speaks out

    (CBS News) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- When she was 11 years old, Tahmina Akhter Sadia went to work in a garment factory. Four years later, she's her family's breadwinner -- and a survivor of one of the worst industrial accidents in ...

  • Life Terms Urged in Bangladesh Building Collapse

    DOHA, May 23 2013 (Al Jazeera) - Those responsible for the Bangladesh building collapse that killed more than 1,000 garment workers should be given life in prison, a government-appointed committee has ...

  • Reporters notebook Undercover in 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 ...

  • Sweating Bangladesh Surveyor Races to Avoid Next Tragedy

    Bangladesh is struggling to conduct even a crude assessment of the country's garment factories. To appreciate the Sisyphean task, spend a day with Mohammed Helal Ahmed, a 42-year-old-civil engineer in the Dhaka city government, as he struggles through cursory factory inspections. His day starts with a decrepit government car that breaks down and a list of misspelled factory names ...

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Back to the Future [Blu-Ray]

Back to the Future [Blu-Ray]

It is hard to believe that it has been a quarter-century since Back to the Future roared into theaters in the summer of 1985 and spent 11 of the next 12 weeks atop the box office charts, dethroning that summers other paragon of mainstream cinematic fortitude, Rambo: ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Cyclone Mahasen washes away US$35.2m of crops in Bangladesh

    Cyclone Mahasen has damaged crops worth 2.75 Bangladeshi taka (US$35.2 million), hurting hundreds of farmers in the southern districts.Aus seedlings, sesame seeds, green chilli, mung beans, peanuts, vegetables, sunflower and various other crops were damaged as fields were submerged by heavy rains and water logging, farmers and officials of Department of Agricultural Extension said.The cyclone ...

  • Bangladesh opposition urges govt for talks

    The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has urged the Bangladesh government to hold a dialogue with it on formation of an election-time bipartisan neutral government.In a press statement on Thursday evening, BNP said the government should take the initiative "in the interest of peaceful handover of power through a participatory and competitive national election."The ...

  • EU warns Bangladesh of withdrawing duty-free access

    The European Parliament in a resolution yesterday said Bangladesh's duty and quota-free access to the EU market can be withdrawn in the event of serious and systematic violations of the principles set out in different human rights conventions.Members of European Parliament (MEPs) called on the European Commission to investigate the country's compliance with these conventions.They ...

  • Dhaka deluged in downpour

    Just a few hours of torrential rain pushed much of the capital city Dhaka to ankle to waist-deep water, causing immense sufferings to the city dwellers yesterday.Two pedestrians died of electrocution when they stepped on a snapped electric cable in the waterlogged street at Bangsal in the old town.In Uttara, a mother and her five-month-old baby died in their sleep when a wall collapsed on their ...

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