Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Bangladesh published by this site and its partners.
Displaying items 1-12 of 295
» View wsbt.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-25
•
Next >
-
Factory owner: I didn't know fire exits needed
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation's garment industry...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Civil Rights, Companies and Corporations, Plant Openings
-
112 killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 112 people were killed in a fire that raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday. The blaze broke out at the seven-story factory operated by Tazreen...
Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Sheikh Hasina, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Clothing and Textiles Industry, Carrefour S.A.
-
Boxing for Bangladesh
Fight night at Notre Dame took center stage on campus Friday night.
Friends, family and fellow boxers cheered on the 81st annual Bengal Bouts to show their support for the fighters.
But Friday's event is not really about the talented boxers. All the...Tags: Human Interest
-
EXCLUSIVA-Fábrica de Bangladesh prohibida por Wal-Mart aún produce camisetas Wrangler
ReutersPor Serajul Quadir y Rafiqur Rahman GAZIPUR, Bangladesh, 20 mayo (Reuters) - Una fábrica de Bangladesh donde inspectores de Wal-Mart e Inditex SA habían detectado este mes grietas en la pared aún continuaba haciendo camisetas Wrangler para el...Tags: Accounting and Auditing, VF Corporation
-
Reuters World News Highlights 1430 GMT, May 20
ReutersAMMAN - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday. - - - SEOUL -...Tags: New Delhi (India), Pakistan, Bombings, Politics, Elections
-
Reuters World News Highlights 1800 GMT May 20
ReutersTOP STORIES ----------- AMMAN/BEIRUT - About 30 Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have been killed in the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of Qusair, Syrian...Tags: Pakistan, Literature, Washington, DC, Politics, Walmart
-
Reuters World News Highlights 1000 GMT, May 20
ReutersAMMAN/LONDON - The world's diplomats will make a major new push in the coming days for negotiations to end Syria's civil war, but their chances of achieving a peace deal look as remote as ever. - - - - SEOUL - North Korea fired its fifth short-range...Tags: New Delhi (India), Pakistan, Career and Workplace, France, Washington, DC
-
EXCLUSIVE-Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir and Rafiqur Rahman GAZIPUR, Bangladesh, May 20 (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Career and Workplace, Groceries, Companies and Corporations, Services and Shopping
-
Bangladesh court orders action against factory owner in November fire
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court on Sunday banned the owner of a garment factory that was destroyed in a fire in November from leaving the country as anger builds up over a string of deadly incidents in which thousands have died. The high court in...Tags: Sears Holdings Corp., Services and Shopping, Photography Supplies and Services, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Plant Openings
-
Special Report - In Myanmar, apartheid tactics against minority Muslims
ReutersSITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - A 16-year-old Muslim boy lay dying on a thin metal table. Bitten by a rabid dog a month ago, he convulsed and drooled as his parents wedged a stick between his teeth to stop him from biting off his tongue. Swift treatment...Tags: Buddhism, Preventative Medicine, Blackmail and Extortion, Politics, Corporate Crime
-
Mary Sanchez: Responsibility for Asian sweatshop safety lies with us, too
Another apparel factory has collapsed in a poor Asian country, killing three workers, and I fear I'm partly to blame. The evidence of my complicity sits idle on the landing, next to a tennis racquet. Asics shoes. My adored new pair, so light, makes it...Tags: Manufacturing and Engineering, Career and Workplace, Heavy Engineering, Human Rights, The Wall Street Journal
-
Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Career and Workplace, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Walmart, Health and Safety at Work, Consumer Goods Industries
Nov 29, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Nov 25, 2012
|Story| AP Broadcast
Mar 4, 2011
|Story| WSBT-TV
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 20, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 19, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 19, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 15, 2013
|Story| Reuters
May 17, 2013
|Story| Orlando Sentinel
May 17, 2013
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Original site for Bangladesh topic gallery.
