2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists ...
Bangladesh: Owners' many failings led to collapse
The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, ...
Bangladesh, Myanmar relieved as cyclone fizzles
A once-fearsome cyclone that was threatening Bangladesh and Myanmar dissipated quickly, causing some deaths but largely relieving authorities who had ...
Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills 2, injures 7
The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest ...
As rain from cyclone falls, Myanmar minority stay
A cyclone only a day away carries wind and rain that could become deadly. But in dozens of refugee camps that spatter Myanmar's western coast, the ...
Boats carrying fleeing Rohingya minority capsize
An overcrowded boat capsized while trying to escape a cyclone bearing down on Myanmar, tossing dozens of members of the displaced Rohingya minority ...
Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse
Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people ...
Big retailers back safety accord in Bangladesh
Some of the world's largest retailers have agreed to a first-of-its-kind pact to improve safety at some of Bangladesh's garment factories following ...
Search ends in Bangladesh; death toll put at 1,127
Several of the biggest Western retailers embraced a plan that would require them to pay for factory improvements in Bangladesh as the three-week ...
Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work
The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said Monday that she will never again work in a ...
Bangladesh plans to raise pay for garment workers
Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory ...
Woman rescued from Bangladesh rubble recovering
A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building outside of Bangladesh's capital was panicked, ...
AP PHOTOS: Woman freed from collapse in Bangladesh
Workers in Bangladesh rescued a seamstress buried in the rubble of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days on Friday as the death toll shot ...
Bangladesh factory collapse death toll hits 1,034
The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago outside the Bangladeshi capital soared past 1,000 on Friday, ...
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll nears 900
The death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has climbed to nearly 900, officials said Thursday, as authorities ...
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 761
The death toll from a collapsed building housing five garment factories rose to 761 on Wednesday as authorities started disbursing salary and other ...
Bangladesh garment disaster death toll reaches 705
Hundreds of garment factory workers who survived a building collapse in Bangladesh protested for compensation, as the death toll from the country's ...
Bangladesh garment accident death toll passes 700
Hundreds of survivors of last month's collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh protested for compensation Tuesday, as the death ...
Brands risk image in varying Bangladesh responses
Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed ...
Adidas: Asia laborers can send complaints via text
German sports gear maker Adidas said Monday it is encouraging workers in factories of some of its Asian suppliers to anonymously share possible ...
Bangladesh police, Islamic activists clash; 27 die
Police banned all rallies in Bangladesh's capital through midnight Monday after at least 27 people died in clashes between police and Islamic ...
Bangladesh building collapse toll hits 675
Bangladeshi police are investigating possible murder charges against the owner of a shoddily built factory that collapsed nearly two weeks ago after ...
Bangladesh building-collapse toll tops 600
More than 600 bodies have been recovered from the garment-factory building that collapsed well over a week ago, police said Sunday as the grim ...
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