Bangladesh news and stories by mail.com

Bangladesh

Surviving hell in a Bangladesh factory collapse
Merina was so tired. It had been three days since the garment factory where she worked had collapsed around her, three days since she'd moved more ...
3 killed in French building collapse after blast
A possible gas explosion ripped off the side of a five-story residential building in France's Champagne country on Sunday, killing at least three ...
Big brands rejected Bangladesh factory safety plan
As Bangladesh reels from the deaths of hundreds of garment workers in a building collapse, the refusal of global retailers to pay for strict ...
AP PHOTOS: Bangladesh building collapse
Garment workers trapped in the rubble plead for help. Rescuers, some in hardhats and others wearing slippers, dig through the broken concrete.
Factories inside collapsed building in Bangladesh
The collapse of a building housing garment factories near Bangladesh's capital is renewing attention on the unsafe conditions in the country's $20 ...
Toll in Bangladesh building collapse climbs to 275
"Save us, brother. I beg you, brother," Mohammad Altab moaned to the rescuers who could not help him. He was pinned between slabs of concrete in the ...
149 die, more cry for help at Bangladesh collapse
Workers trapped in the wreckage of a collapsed factory building in Bangladesh cried out for help Thursday, as rescuers struggled to reach survivors ...
20 migrant strawberry pickers wounded in Greece
At least 20 migrant strawberry pickers were shot and wounded in southern Greece on Wednesday, in a pay dispute after a foreman opened fire on them ...
ADB: In Asia, wealth buys access to clean water
Ninety-one percent of people living in Asia have improved access to clean water, a remarkable achievement over the last two decades in the world's ...
Fight for future of Bangladesh plays out in street
The fight for the future of Bangladesh is playing out in the streets of this troubled south Asian nation. For a month, masses of moderate activists ...
Army sent to north Bangladesh as clashes continue
Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead ...
Bangladesh sentences Islamic party leader to death
A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation's 1971 war for ...
2 killed as Bangladesh police, protesters clash
Police in Bangladesh clashed Friday with protesters from Islamic political parties denouncing war crimes trials linked to the country's 1971 ...
Bangladeshis demand death for war crimes convict
For many in Bangladesh, the "V'' for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass ...
Ferry with up to 100 aboard capsizes in Bangladesh
At least two people died and dozens were rescued after a passenger ferry collided with another ship and capsized Friday on a river in central ...
Terror suspect pleads guilty in phony NY plot
A Bangladesh native accused of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with what he thought was a 1,000-pound (450-kilogram) car bomb ...
Bangladesh sentences Islamic party leader to life
A Bangladeshi tribunal prosecuting cases stemming from the 1971 independence war sentenced a leader of an Islamic opposition party to life in prison ...
Bangladesh probing if factory's 1 exit was locked
Bangladesh's government is investigating allegations that the sole emergency exit was locked at a garment factory where a fire killed seven women.
Wal-Mart warns suppliers on stricter measures
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has alerted its global suppliers that it will immediately drop them if they subcontract their work to factories that haven't been ...
Bundesbank shelves cooperation with Bangladesh
Germany's central bank is shelving plans to help fight currency counterfeiting in Bangladesh because of reports the country is planning to include ...
Russia to lend $1.5B to Bangladesh
Russia agreed on Tuesday to lend Bangladesh a total of $1.5 billion to help finance the construction of its first nuclear power station and buy ...
Myanmar Muslims recall Buddhist assault
Stranded beside their decrepit flotilla of wooden boats, on a muddy beach far from home, the Muslim refugees tell story after terrifying story of ...
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
The kids at first didn't seem to know how to respond as Ravi Shankar began his four-hour set on the final afternoon of the Monterey Pop Festival, in ...