
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 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 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 ...

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 toll 547; search becomes more gruesome
Ten days after the horrifying collapse of a garment-factory building, life has become still more gruesome for crews working to recover bodies at the ...

Pressure on Bangladesh, retailers to fix factories
In the aftermath of a building collapse that killed more than 530 people, Bangladesh's garment manufacturers may face a choice of reform or perish.

Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious'
The death toll in the factory-building collapse in Bangladesh rose to more than 530 on Saturday, a day after the country's finance minister downplayed ...

Unidentified victims of Bangladesh collapse buried
Dozens of Bangladeshi garment workers whose bodies were too battered or decomposed to be identified were buried in a mass funeral, a week after the ...

Around the world, angry workers unite on May Day
Workers around the world united in anger during May Day rallies Wednesday — from fury in Europe over austerity measures that have cut wages, reduced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Garment factory fire kills 7 in Bangladesh
A fire swept through a two-story garment factory in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least seven female workers and injuring five others, police and ...

Bangladesh probe: Fire sabotage, owner negligent
A Bangladesh government committee investigating the garment factory fire that killed 112 people last month said in its findings that the blaze was ...