Dhaka (Bangladesh)

In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo

2013-05-15 15:44:00

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...

Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?

2013-05-17 00:00:00

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...

In Bangladesh, search for bodies from factory collapse ends

2013-05-13 11:44:00

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...

Deadly factory fire renews outcry in Bangladesh

2013-05-09 03:19:00

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...

Bangladesh survivor of building collapse rescued

2013-05-10 16:20:00

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...

Bangladesh factory fire kills 8

2013-05-09 15:11:00

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...

Outrage over Bangladesh collapse spills into May Day rallies

2013-05-01 14:02:00

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...

Rescues and arrests in Bangladesh building collapse

2013-04-27 09:13:00

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,...

Bangladesh factory collapse: 19 pulled from rubble

2013-04-27 04:14:00

SAVAR, 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...

Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises

2013-04-26 09:14:00

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....

Bangladesh building collapse unlikely to spur reform, experts say

2013-04-25 17:42:00

NEW DELHI — A clothing factory in an emerging country collapses or catches fire with horrific loss of life. Famous Western brands are found in the wreckage. An investigation reveals substandard practices in the local and global clothing trade....

Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse climbs to over 200

2013-04-25 08:08:00

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...

Bangladesh police fire tear gas and rubber bullets as hundreds of stick-wielding workers in the Dhaka area stop traffic, smash vehicles and vandalize garment factories that refused to close during a declared day of mourning.

2013-04-26 00:00:00

This handout photograph released by the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Wednesday shows managers from the Tazreen garment factory as they are paraded by police officials in Dhaka.

2012-11-28 08:26:00

. Two small bombs exploded and protesters damaged vehicles in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, during a nationwide strike and demonstration against the jailing of 33 opposition leaders, police said.

2012-05-16 00:00:00