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Opinion: What Bangladesh – and US retailers – must do to prevent man-made tragedies
Two man-made tragedies have shaken Bangladesh recently: riots over Islamist demands for blasphemy laws and the garment factory collapse. Bangladesh's response to both will show how well it can meet citizens' needs. US retailers must also take responsibility for factory conditions.
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As cyclone bares down on Myanmar, thousands of Muslims refuse to relocate
The Myanmar government had planned to move some 38,000 internally displaced people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, who have complained of severe abuse at the hands of the Burmese Army.
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Bangladeshi survivor recovering after 17 days trapped in rubble
19-year-old Reshma Begum survived for over two weeks inside a collapsed garment factory that killed over 1,100 people.
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Bangladesh factory collapse death toll passes 1,000
By Friday, May 10, the death toll from the Bangladesh factory collapse had reached 1,021, and more bodies are still being found. A fire at a nearby sweater factory highlighted that safety conditions in Bangladesh factories have not been improved in the two weeks since the factory collapse.
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Bangladesh's factory woes force a rethink in Britain fashion retailers (+video)
Tragedies in Bangladesh, including a deadly fire last night in Dhaka, have given new momentum to British campaigns to improve conditions at foreign factories that supply domestic retailers.
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In Bangladesh, deadly protests raise questions about strength of secular government
Thousands of hardline Islamists in Bangladesh demanded anti-blasphemy laws and more restrictions on women, clashing with security forces and leaving at least 30 people dead this week.
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Global News Blog Rioting and rubble: What's behind the turbulent times in Bangladesh?
Tens of thousands of Islamists rampaged through Bangladesh's capital today, countering even larger crowds that turned out earlier this year to oust conservative forms of Islam from Bangladeshi politics.
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Rescuers confront gruesome scene, death toll rises in Bangladesh factory collapse
With temperatures in the 90s, rescue crews working on the Bangladesh factory collapse are dealing with an increasingly gruesome scene. The official death toll is now 547, and is expected to climb.
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Global News Blog May Day protests: From Bangladesh to Europe, angry workers rally in the tens of thousands (+video)
But this year's May Day demonstrations come on the heels of the tragic Bangladesh factory collapse, a potent symbol for many of the importance of workers' rights.
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Caught at border: Bangladesh factory owner arrested
Mohammed Sohel Rana was arrested just as he was about to flee into India. So far, 377 people are confirmed to have died in the collapse of his illegally-constructed building.
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Global News Blog After Dhaka garment factory collapse, chances for supply chain changes low
A factory collapse in Bangladesh left some 300 dead, and prompted calls for improved regulations of the country's sweatshops. But veteran campaigners to improve factory conditions say pushing for change is harder than ever.
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Survivors found trapped in collapsed Bangladesh factory
Forty survivors were found trapped in room in the garment factory that collapsed yesterday in Bangladesh.
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Global News Blog Q&A: Who ultimately bears responsibility for Bangladesh factory disasters?
Low wages and lower safety standards have made Bangladesh a major garment producer - and a source of workplace deaths like the more than 200 killed in a Dhaka factory collapse this week.
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Bangladesh building collapse: Is the country's reputation among the injured?
Following the collapse of a garment factory building on Wednesday morning in Bangladesh, physicians at nearby hospitals were overwhelmed by the number of people needing attention. It appears factory owners ignored a warning not to let workers into the building when a crack was noticed on Tuesday.
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Day after cracks were found, Bangladesh factory collapse leaves 125-plus dead (+video)
Concerns about safety conditions in garment factories sourced by Western retailers were revived when a factory collapsed after serious cracks were found in the building yesterday.
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Over 80 reportedly killed in Bangladesh garment building collapse (+video)
One day after concerns were raised over cracks in walls, the structure containing several garment factories collapsed. Rescue workers are trying to free people who are still trapped.
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Bangladesh: Hardline Muslims rally in support of anti-blasphemy laws
Hardline Muslims rallied in Bangladesh Saturday, demanding harsher punishments for those who insult Islam. They've also targeted a group of bloggers who want to ban Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Islamic party.
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Terrorism & Security Sentencing of Islamist leader brings unhealed rifts to surface in Bangladesh
Thousands in Bangladesh protested the death sentence handed to an Islamist political leader for crimes committed during the independence war. At least 40 were killed in the clashes.
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Massive protest movement emerges against Islamists in Bangladesh
A protest that has at times swelled into the hundreds of thousands entered its ninth day today in Bangladesh’s capital, touched off by the outcome of a war crimes trial.
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Global retailers shamed after another garment fire in Bangladesh
Labor groups are calling for global clothing retailers to ensure adequate safety measures for garment workers in Bangladesh after a blaze killed seven factory workers.
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Bangladesh investigates latest factory fire
Blaze kills seven garment workers, just two months after another garment factory fire killed 112. Bangladesh exports clothes to leading Western retailers.
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Global News Blog Cow smuggling ... it's how Bangladesh gets its beef
Beef is a delicacy in Bangladesh, but Hindu-majority India refuses to sell their sacred cows. The demand is so high, however, that a dangerous $920 million cow smuggling trade has popped up.
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Disney, Wal-Mart, ENYCE clothing found in burned Bangladesh factory
The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire over the weekend was used by a host of major U.S. and European retailers, an Associated Press reporter discovered Wednesday.
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Wal-Mart distances itself from Bangladesh factory fire (+video)
112 people died when a garment factory caught fire in Bangladesh on Saturday. The workers had been making clothes for Wal-Mart, though the retail giant said it was unaware of the contract.
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Deadly Bangladesh garment factory fire spotlights poor working conditions (+video)
After two fires in three days at Bangladesh garment factories – one of which killed at least 112 people – thousands took to the streets to protest violations such as locked doors and lack of fire escapes.
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