Bangladesh Garment Factory Protest

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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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  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.

• Retailers 'failing victims' a year after Bangladesh disaster

  Western fashion brands faced pressure Thursday to increase help for victims of the world's worst garment factory accident, as mass protests marked the one-year anniversary of the Bangladesh disaster that cost 1,138 lives.

• Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise, but protests go on

  Bangladeshi garment factory owners said on Thursday they had agreed to a proposed 77 percent rise in the minimum wage, but police used teargas and rubber bullets to break up new protests by stone-throwing workers calling for a bigger increase.

• Bangladesh garment factories reopen after clashes

  More than 200 Bangladesh garment factories reopened on Thursday after the country's prime minister stepped in to resolve clashes over minimum wages.

• Bangladesh garment factories close amid violent protests

  Violent protests shuttered some 250 Bangladesh garment factories near the capital Dhaka on Wednesday.

• Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest

  Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police in Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.

• Bangladesh violence closes 100 garment factories

  Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital.

• 100 factories shut in Bangladesh workers' protest

  Police have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop protests by garment workers in Bangladesh who want higher wages while factory owners fear they may miss shipment to the United States and Europe.

• Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen on Friday

  Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people.

• Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wages

  Bangladesh has set up a panel to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers, a minister said on Sunday, as tens of thousands protested over poor conditions highlighted by a series of disasters.

• Bangladeshis mourn garment-fire dead, plan protest

  Bangladesh held a day of mourning on Tuesday for the 112 people killed in a weekend fire at a garment factory, and labor groups planned more protests to demand better worker safety in an industry notorious for operating in firetraps.

• New blaze panic as Bangladesh workers protest 'deathtraps'

  Garment workers staged mass protests on Monday to demand the end to "deathtrap" labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory fire, as a new blaze sparked fresh panic and terror.