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In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo
NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...
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Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?
Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. How something this bizarre could happen illustrates how a single mix-up on an airline's part can...
Tags: Senegal, Trips and Vacations, Consumers, Dakar (Senegal), Transportation Industry
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In Bangladesh, search for bodies from factory collapse ends
NEW DELHI, India — The Bangladesh army announced Monday it would end its search for bodies in the rubble of a garment factory complex that collapsed nearly three weeks ago in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka. Saying they believe they have found...
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Heavy Engineering, Consumer Goods Industries, New Delhi (India), Career and Workplace
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Deadly factory fire renews outcry in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI -- As Bangladesh struggles to improve its dismal industrial safety record after a massive building collapse last month, another garment industry disaster has raised new cries for reform. Shortly before midnight Wednesday, a fire swept...
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Disasters and Accidents
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Bangladesh survivor of building collapse rescued
NEW DELHI — In a development described as miraculous, a woman trapped in rubble for 17 days emerged alive Friday from the remains of a building that pancaked just outside Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Speaking from her hospital bed, the...
Tags: Human Interest, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Bangladesh, Disasters and Accidents
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Bangladesh factory fire kills 8
NEW DELHI — A deadly fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh raised new cries for improvements in the country's industrial safety conditions Thursday, two weeks after a massive building collapse killed at least 950 people. The blaze that swept...
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, United Nations, Pakistan, Bangladesh
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Outrage over Bangladesh collapse spills into May Day rallies
Reeling from the deadly collapse of a building packed with thousands of factory workers, Bangladeshi laborers rallied Wednesday, marking May Day with renewed calls for workplace safety. The death toll steadily swelled in the aftermath of the disaster...
Tags: International Workers' Day, Vatican City, Sheikh Hasina, Career and Workplace, Politics
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Rescues and arrests in Bangladesh building collapse
NEW DELHI -- As the death toll rose to at least 345 people, more than two dozen more survivors were rescued Saturday from the rubble of a nine-story factory building outside the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka that collapsed Wednesday morning. Meanwhile,...Tags: Human Interest, Bangladesh, Plant Openings
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Bangladesh factory collapse: 19 pulled from rubble
From the Associated PressSAVAR, Bangladesh -- Police in Bangladesh took five people into custody in connection with the collapse of a shoddily-constructed building this week, as rescue workers pulled 19 survivors out of the rubble on Saturday and vowed to continue as long as...Tags: Human Interest, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Walmart, Police Arrests
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Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises
NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 300 people Friday following the collapse this week of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said, as protests by workers at other garment plants intensified....
Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, New Delhi (India), Career and Workplace, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bangladesh
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Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse climbs to over 200
NEW DELHI – As rescue workers clawed through the wreckage Thursday after a building collapsed in Bangladesh, the toll rose to at least 225 people killed, most of them apparel workers, and over 1,000 injured. News footage showed desperate workers...
Tags: Walmart, Career and Workplace, Bangladesh, AFL-CIO, Labor Legislation
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