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Collapsed Bangladeshi garment factory was used by U.S. companies
The United States acknowledged Wednesday that American clothing manufacturers were being supplied by the Bangladeshi garment factory complex whose collapse likely killed at least 550 people. The State Department also called on the impoverished country to improve its security measures and labor conditions. “We understand that businesses operating in this…
Bangladesh’s garment industry blamed as disaster toll hits 175
Survivors cried out to rescuers Thursday from the rubble of a block of garment factories in Bangladesh that collapsed killing 175 people, sparking criticism of their Western clients. As the plaintive appeals from the site of Bangladesh’s worst industrial disaster filtered through the concrete, relatives desperate for news of their…
Bangladesh widens crackdown on ‘blasphemous’ atheist bloggers
Bangladesh has widened a crackdown on allegedly blasphemous blogs after a threat by Islamic groups to march to the capital demanding the prosecution of atheist bloggers, an official said Wednesday. The telecommunications regulator ordered two leading Internet sites to remove hundreds of posts by seven bloggers whose writings it said…
Thousands riot in Bangladesh over writings of ‘atheist bloggers’
DHAKA — Bangladesh police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Friday in fierce clashes with conservatists demanding the execution of bloggers they accused of blasphemy, killing one person and injuring around 100. Parts of central Dhaka turned into a battlefield as protesters attacked police with bricks and sticks in front…
Bangladesh approves law to execute convicted war criminals
Bangladesh’s cabinet approved on Monday changes to war crime laws to ensure opposition leaders on trial for alleged atrocities during the nation’s 1971 independence war can be swiftly executed if convicted. The move came amid huge demonstrations by hundreds of thousands of people in Dhaka for the past seven days…
12 congressional Democrats pledge to take up Bangladesh factory conditions
US lawmakers on Thursday urged a quick review of the duty-free access granted to many products from Bangladesh, voicing alarm over labor conditions after a factory fire killed 111 workers. The 12 Democratic lawmakers, many of whom serve on the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, said that Bangladesh appeared…
Bangladesh arrests three factory managers over blaze
Bangladesh police have arrested three managers of a factory where a blaze killed 110 people, following claims they stopped workers from leaving the plant saying an alarm was just a routine fire drill. Dhaka police chief Habibur Rahman told AFP Wednesday the managers were arrested overnight after charges that they…
Fox contributor: ‘Don’t think that the people in Bangladesh who perished didn’t want or need those jobs’
A Fox Business host said Monday that the 112 Bangladesh workers killed in a factory fire over the weekend were actually thankful just to have jobs, regardless of their working conditions. “It is tragic,” contributor Charles Payne said, appearing on “Your World” with host Neil Cavuto. “I don’t think something…
New factory fire in Bangladesh before national day of mourning
Bangladesh firefighters battled a new blaze at a garment factory Monday as the country prepared for a day of mourning after the death of 110 workers over the weekend in the export industry’s worst accident. The second fire broke out at a 12-storey facility on the outskirts of the capital…
Garment factory blaze kills 109 in Bangladesh
ASHULIA, Bangladesh — At least 109 people died when fire swept through a factory in the worst-ever blaze to hit Bangladesh’s garment industry, officials said Sunday, as witnesses told of desperate workers jumping from upper floors. Firefighters battled for several hours to contain the blaze, which broke out on the…
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