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Owner of collapsed building in Bangladesh is arrested
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.NEW DELHI, India –- The owner of a collapsed building in Bangladesh was arrested Sunday near the Indian border as the death toll rose to at least 370 in the nation’s worst garment industry disaster. With more than 800 people still missing...Tags: Plant Openings, Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Police Arrests
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WRAPUP 1-Retailers to compensate victims of Bangladesh disaster
Reuters* Primark, Loblaw say will compensate victims' families * Official death toll stands at 385, many more missing * Angry scenes as building owner brought to Dhaka court * International Labour Organisation sending mission By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir...Tags: Crimes, Murder, Heavy Engineering, Politics, Career and Workplace
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WRAPUP 3-Lawyers, public chant "hang him" as Bangladesh building owner led to court
Reuters* Eight people arrested in connection with the collapse * Third major industrial disaster in five months in Bangladesh * Public anger sparks days of protests By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA, April 29 (Reuters) - Bangladeshi lawyers and...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Work Rules Contract Issues, George Weston Limited, Crime, Law and Justice, Science and Technology
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WRAPUP 4-Fire breaks out in Bangladesh building where 377 die
Reuters* Sparks from rescue equipment cause the fire * Owner of collapsed building arrested fleeing to India-police * Hundreds more still missing, police say * Four pulled from rubble alive, four days after disaster By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA,...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, George Weston Limited, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Ministers, Science and Technology
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ANALYSIS-Bangladesh still works for retailers, despite disasters
ReutersBy Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Jessica Wohl April 27 (Reuters) - The factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over 300 people this week is a stark reminder of the risks in the global retail industry's search for cheap production. But there have been...Tags: Nike, Inc., Thomson Corporation, Science and Technology, Standards, Politics
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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: Disasters and Accidents, Work Rules Contract Issues, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Human Rights, Politics
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RPT-WRAPUP 1-Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270
Reuters* Official says 41 people found alive late on Thursday * Around 1,000 people still unaccounted for; death toll hits 273 * Police say building owner on the run * Factories made garments for brands in Europe, North America By Serajul Quadir and Ruma...Tags: Work Rules Contract Issues, Disasters and Accidents, George Weston Limited, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Politics
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Toll in Bangladesh building collapse passes 300
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — More than two days after their factory collapsed on them, at least some garment workers were still alive in the corpse-littered debris Friday, pinned beneath tons of mangled metal and concrete. Rescue crews struggled to save...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Plant Openings, Bangladesh, Science and Technology, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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Bangladesh building collapse unlikely to spur reform, experts say
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....Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Mangos, Work Rules Contract Issues, Consumers, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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WRAPUP 5-Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for 2nd night, 251 dead
Reuters* 1,000 injured, toll expected to rise * Cracks found in building day before collapse * Canada's Loblaw, UK's Primark had suppliers at site By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul SAVAR, Bangladesh, April 25 (Reuters) - Employees at a garment factory that...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Work Rules Contract Issues, George Weston Limited, Health and Safety at Work, Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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WRAPUP 6-Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for 2nd night, 260 dead
Reuters* Around 2,000 rescued over two days * Cracks found in building day before collapse * Canada's Loblaw, UK's Primark had suppliers at site By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul SAVAR, Bangladesh, April 25 (Reuters) - Employees at a garment factory that...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Politics, Career and Workplace, Plant Openings, Sears Holdings Corp.
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Collapsed Bangladesh factories ignored evacuation; more than 200 killed
SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Deep cracks visible in the walls of a Bangladesh garment building had compelled police to order it evacuated a day before it collapsed, officials said Thursday. More than 200 people were killed when the eight-story...Tags: Mangos, Disasters and Accidents, Science and Technology, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Organic Chemical Industry
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