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Bangladesh Garment Factories Reopen After Sheikh Hasina Ouster
Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country's exports, reopened on Wednesday after production was disrupted by violent protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week.
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Bangladesh Eases Curfew, Garment Factories, Banks Re-open After Protests
Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas.
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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
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150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.
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Bangladesh Factory Owner Arrested After 52 Die In Fire
Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested for murder the owner of a factory where 52 people died, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there.
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52 Killed In Bangladesh Factory Fire, Building Still In Flames
A fire that tore through a food factory near the Bangladesh capital killed at least 19 people with dozens still missing, police said Friday, after bringing out more bodies from the debris.
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13 Killed, 20 Injured In Bangladesh's Plastic Factory Fire
At least 13 people were killed and nearly 20 people were critically injured when a fire swept through an illegal plastics factory outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said Thursday.
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Bangladesh Fire Tragedy Toll Rises To 32
The death toll in the fire tragedy at a Bangladeshi factory today climbed to 32 after more bodies were retrieved from under the debris and authorities called in a team of army to join the rescue operation.
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Smoke, Cracks In Building Hamper Search After Bangladesh Factory Fire
The fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 26 people has been extinguished, but heavy smoke and the risk of the building collapsing further were hampering the search of the premises, officials said today.
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23 Killed In Fire At Bangladesh Cigarette And Food Packaging Factory
A fire today at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh killed at least 23 and injured more than two dozen, emergency and government officials said, with fears the toll could rise.
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Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills 12, Injures Several Others
A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said.
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200 People Fall Sick After Ammonia Leak In Bangladesh
An explosion at a chemical fertiliser factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh's second city Chittagong, officials said on Tuesday.
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Gas Leaks From Bangladesh Fertilizer Plant, 50 People Ill
About 50 people fell ill in Bangladesh after inhaling gas that leaked from a fertilizer factory in the port town of Chittagong, an official said on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh Charges 38 With Murder Over 2013 Garment Factory Collapse
A court in Bangladesh formally charged 38 people with murder on Monday in connection with the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building which killed 1,135 people in the country's worst industrial disaster.
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Major Fire Causes Widespread Destruction In Bangladesh Garment Factory
A major fire today caused widespread destruction in a garment factory in Bangladesh's Gazipur district.
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Bangladesh Garment Factories Reopen After Sheikh Hasina Ouster
Garment factories in Bangladesh, forecast to account for 90% of the country's exports, reopened on Wednesday after production was disrupted by violent protests that ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina this week.
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Bangladesh Eases Curfew, Garment Factories, Banks Re-open After Protests
Garment factories and banks reopened in Bangladesh Wednesday after authorities eased a curfew imposed to contain deadly clashes sparked by student protests over civil service employment quotas.
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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
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150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.
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Bangladesh Factory Owner Arrested After 52 Die In Fire
Bangladesh police on Saturday arrested for murder the owner of a factory where 52 people died, as it emerged that children as young as 11 had been working there.
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52 Killed In Bangladesh Factory Fire, Building Still In Flames
A fire that tore through a food factory near the Bangladesh capital killed at least 19 people with dozens still missing, police said Friday, after bringing out more bodies from the debris.
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13 Killed, 20 Injured In Bangladesh's Plastic Factory Fire
At least 13 people were killed and nearly 20 people were critically injured when a fire swept through an illegal plastics factory outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, police said Thursday.
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Bangladesh Fire Tragedy Toll Rises To 32
The death toll in the fire tragedy at a Bangladeshi factory today climbed to 32 after more bodies were retrieved from under the debris and authorities called in a team of army to join the rescue operation.
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Smoke, Cracks In Building Hamper Search After Bangladesh Factory Fire
The fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh that killed at least 26 people has been extinguished, but heavy smoke and the risk of the building collapsing further were hampering the search of the premises, officials said today.
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23 Killed In Fire At Bangladesh Cigarette And Food Packaging Factory
A fire today at a food and cigarette packaging factory in Bangladesh killed at least 23 and injured more than two dozen, emergency and government officials said, with fears the toll could rise.
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Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire Kills 12, Injures Several Others
A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses said.
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200 People Fall Sick After Ammonia Leak In Bangladesh
An explosion at a chemical fertiliser factory left at least 200 people needing medical treatment after toxic gas spread across large parts of Bangladesh's second city Chittagong, officials said on Tuesday.
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Gas Leaks From Bangladesh Fertilizer Plant, 50 People Ill
About 50 people fell ill in Bangladesh after inhaling gas that leaked from a fertilizer factory in the port town of Chittagong, an official said on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh Charges 38 With Murder Over 2013 Garment Factory Collapse
A court in Bangladesh formally charged 38 people with murder on Monday in connection with the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building which killed 1,135 people in the country's worst industrial disaster.
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Major Fire Causes Widespread Destruction In Bangladesh Garment Factory
A major fire today caused widespread destruction in a garment factory in Bangladesh's Gazipur district.
