http://www.mail.com/locations/56954-bangladesh.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.20/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/56954-bangladesh.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html NEW YORK (AP) — 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 the fabled summer of 1967. As captured in D.A. Pennebaker's documentary, some nodded along and smiled; Jimi Hendrix listened carefully. Others dozed, or chatted. A few hippies danced wildly, a... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:04:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1760186-indian-sitar-virtuoso-ravi-shankar-dies-92.html 2012-12-13T00:04:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759538-why-efforts-to-factory-fires-failed.html About a year and a half before a fire at a clothing factory in Bangladesh killed 112 people in November, executives from Wal-Mart, Gap and other big retailers met nearby to discuss ways to prevent the unsafe working conditions that have made such tragedies common. Representatives from a dozen of the world's largest retailers and fashion labels gathered wi... Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759538-why-efforts-to-factory-fires-failed.html 2012-12-11T21:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750240-apnewsbreak-dhaka-factory-lost-fire-certification.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The factory where 112 garment workers died in a fire should have been shut down months ago. The fire department refused to renew the certification it needed to operate, a top fire official told The Associated Press. And its owner told AP that just three of the factory's eight floors were legal. He was building a ninth. Government ... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 13:19:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1750240-apnewsbreak-dhaka-factory-lost-fire-certification.html 2012-12-07T13:19:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738996-bangladesh-fire-victims-want-jobs.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — As 112 of her co-workers died in a garment-factory fire, Dipa Akter got out by jumping from the third floor through a hole made by breaking apart an exhaust fan. Her left leg is wrapped in bandages and she has trouble walking. Now she wants back in. "If the factory owner reopens the factory sometime soon, we will work again here,"... Mon, 03 Dec 2012 08:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1738996-bangladesh-fire-victims-want-jobs.html 2012-12-03T08:27:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1736442-factory-fire-global-commerce-local-tragedy.html In the charred bones of the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, the labels and logos — sewn and printed in scarlet and royal blue — beckon from the ashes. Even in ruins, there's no missing that these T-shirts and jeans were intended for U.S. stores and shopping carts, designed as bargains too good to pass up, or stocking stuffers just in time for the holidays and in just the righ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 15:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1736442-factory-fire-global-commerce-local-tragedy.html 2012-12-01T15:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733316-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship.html SIN THET MAW, Myanmar (AP) — Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has faced since beginning its nascent transition to democracy last year. It's a question that has helped fuel two bloody spasms of ... Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:24:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1733316-ap-exclusive-myanmar-verifying-muslim-citizenship.html 2012-12-01T03:24:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1732950-shoppers-habits-changed-garment-plant-fire.html NEW YORK (AP) — Before purchasing a shirt, shoppers will run their hands over the fabric, look at the price tag and wonder how it will hold up in the washing machine. Some might even ask if it makes them look fat. The one detail, however, that is rarely considered: What are the conditions like for the workers making the shirt? A horrific fire that raced t... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 22:38:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1732950-shoppers-habits-changed-garment-plant-fire.html 2012-11-30T22:38:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1734048-bangladesh-workers-protest-families-dead-plead.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Hundreds of garment workers protested Friday outside a Bangladeshi factory where 112 people were killed by a fire, demanding compensation for their lost salaries, while relatives of those who did not survive gathered nearby, hoping against hope to find their remains. Sonia Afrin traveled hundreds of kilometers to wail in grief out... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 14:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1734048-bangladesh-workers-protest-families-dead-plead.html 2012-11-30T14:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1731892-bangladesh-echoes-1911-triangle-fire-nyc.html NEW YORK (AP) — Terrified women leaping to their deaths. Locked exits trapping workers. Piles of clothing blocking stairwells to safety. The fire that raced through a garment factory in Bangladesh last week and killed 112 workers bore eerie echoes of another blaze more than a century ago: the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in New York City. While the Ma... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 01:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1731892-bangladesh-echoes-1911-triangle-fire-nyc.html 2012-11-30T01:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1729344-factory-owner-fire-exits-needed.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The owner of a Bangladesh clothing factory where a fire killed 112 people says he was never informed the facility was required to have an emergency exit, a sign of how far removed the leaders of the nation's garment industry are from issues of worker safety. "It was my fault. But nobody told me that there was no emergency exit, wh... Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1729344-factory-owner-fire-exits-needed.html 2012-11-29T11:25:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725724-fire-highlights-harsh-lives-bangladesh-workers.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Clothing is king in Bangladesh, a country that exports more garments than any other in the world except China. It is responsible for four out of every five export dollars and has turned factory owners into members of parliament and leaders of sports clubs. That strength has often been turned against the workers in those factories,... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 14:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1725724-fire-highlights-harsh-lives-bangladesh-workers.html 2012-11-27T14:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723234-bangladeshis-mourn-garment-fire-dead-plan-protest.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh held a day of mourning 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. The national flag flew at half-staff in government buildings. The country's factories were closed as ... Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723234-bangladeshis-mourn-garment-fire-dead-plan-protest.html 2012-11-27T09:55:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1725072-garment-factory-fires-bangladesh.html More than 315 people have died in fires in Bangladesh garment factories since 2006. The country has about 4,000 garment factories and earns about $20 billion a year from garment exports, mainly to the United States and Europe. Some recent deadly garment factory fires: — At least 112 people die in a fire Saturday at an eight-story factory outside Dhaka. Au... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 23:57:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1725072-garment-factory-fires-bangladesh.html 2012-11-26T23:57:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723100-fire-kills-112-workers-bangladesh-garment-maker.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Fire raced up the floors of a Bangladeshi garment factory with no emergency exits, killing at least 112 people, some of whom jumped from the eight-story building where they made clothes for major global retailers. Investigators suspect that a short circuit caused the fire Saturday night outside the capital, Dhaka, said Maj. Mohamm... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 04:10:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1723100-fire-kills-112-workers-bangladesh-garment-maker.html 2012-11-26T04:10:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722734-ap-photos-scenes-bangladesh-factory-fire.html A fire engulfed a garment factory outside Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, trapping many workers and killing at least 112 people in the building without emergency exits. Authorities said the fire started on the ground floor late Saturday and spread upward, cutting off staircases and preventing workers' escape. Some survivors were rescued from the eight-story b... Mon, 26 Nov 2012 00:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722734-ap-photos-scenes-bangladesh-factory-fire.html 2012-11-26T00:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722202-112-killed-fire-bangladesh-garment-factory.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Fire raced through a garment factory that supplies major retailers in the West, killing at least 112 people, many of whom were trapped by the flames because the eight-story building lacked emergency exits, an official said Sunday. The blaze broke out late Saturday at a factory operated just outside Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka by... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:07:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722202-112-killed-fire-bangladesh-garment-factory.html 2012-11-25T21:07:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722080-112-dead-fire-bangladesh-garment-factory.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — At least 112 people were killed in a fire that raced through a multi-story garment factory just outside of Bangladesh's capital, an official said Sunday. The blaze broke out at the seven-story factory operated by Tazreen Fashions late Saturday. By Sunday morning, firefighters had recovered 100 bodies, fire department Operations Di... Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1722080-112-dead-fire-bangladesh-garment-factory.html 2012-11-25T03:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1708940-rights-group-myanmar-forces-supported-attacks.html BANGKOK (AP) — A leading international rights group on Sunday accused Myanmar security forces of supporting some of the brutal anti-Muslim violence last month that forced 35,000 people from torched homes. The government rejected the allegations, which came one day before President Barack Obama's visit to the Southeast Asian nation after a year and a half of unprecedented dem... Sun, 18 Nov 2012 05:54:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1708940-rights-group-myanmar-forces-supported-attacks.html 2012-11-18T05:54:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1670210-internet-rolls-bangladesh-villages-bike.html JHARABARSHA, Bangladesh (AP) — Amina Begum had never seen a computer until a few years ago, but now she's on Skype regularly with her husband. A woman on a bicycle brings the Internet to her. Dozens of "Info Ladies" bike into remote Bangladeshi villages with laptops and Internet connections, helping tens of thousands of people — especially women — get eve... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:22:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1670210-internet-rolls-bangladesh-villages-bike.html 2012-11-02T00:22:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1657664-myanmar-ethnic-strife-killed-67.html SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar authorities on Friday revised downward the death toll from this week's ethnic violence in the country's west after warning that the strife risks harming the country's reputation as it seeks to shift to democratic rule. State television reported Friday night that 67 people had died, 95 were injured and 2,818 houses burned dow... Fri, 26 Oct 2012 13:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1657664-myanmar-ethnic-strife-killed-67.html 2012-10-26T13:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1643584-bangladesh-probing-background-ny-terror-suspect.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh on Saturday interviewed former teachers and classmates of a Bangladeshi man charged with trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York, investigating whether he had connections with radical groups at home. Dhaka Metropolitan Police official Monirul Islam said detectives on Saturday will visit Nort... Sat, 20 Oct 2012 07:01:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1643584-bangladesh-probing-background-ny-terror-suspect.html 2012-10-20T07:01:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1641284-conflicting-images-emerge-ny-terror-suspect.html NEW YORK (AP) — At the Missouri college where Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis enrolled, a classmate said he often remarked that true Muslims don't believe in violence. That image seemed startlingly at odds with the Bangladesh native's arrest in an FBI sting this week on charges of trying to blow up the Federal Reserve Bank in New York with what he tho... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:12:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1641284-conflicting-images-emerge-ny-terror-suspect.html 2012-10-19T11:12:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641292-bangladesh-to-talk-with-us-terror-suspect.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh said Friday its diplomats will meet U.S. officials to learn more about a Bangladeshi man charged with trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building in New York. Foreign Minister Dipu Moni said Bangladesh diplomats will meet State Department officials Saturday in Washington. "This is a sensitive issue," Moni told report... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 06:21:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1641292-bangladesh-to-talk-with-us-terror-suspect.html 2012-10-19T06:21:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1638340-terror-suspects-family-asked-to-to-us.html NEW YORK (AP) — Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was a terrible student in his native Bangladesh, and his middle-class parents say he persuaded them to send him off to study in the U.S. as a way of improving his job prospects. At the Missouri college where he enrolled, one classmate said Nafis often remarked that true Muslims don't believe in violence ... Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:44:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1638340-terror-suspects-family-asked-to-to-us.html 2012-10-19T00:44:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1638748-apnewsbreak-suspects-family-shocked-ny-plot.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A few hours before he was arrested in an FBI sting, a Bangladeshi man accused of trying to blow up New York's Federal Reserve building calmly spoke via Skype with his parents back home and updated them on his studies, his family told The Associated Press. They were stunned Thursday morning to learn that the banker's son from a mid... Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1638748-apnewsbreak-suspects-family-shocked-ny-plot.html 2012-10-18T22:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1598818-bangladesh-opposition-attacked-buddhists.html MERUNGLUA, Bangladesh (AP) — Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government is blaming Islamic radicals and opposition activists for attacks over the weekend on minority Buddhists and their temples in southern Bangladesh. "In primary investigations, we have found that organized radical Islamic groups attacked the houses and places of worship," Home Minister Mo... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1598818-bangladesh-opposition-attacked-buddhists.html 2012-10-01T12:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1597448-bangladeshi-muslims-torch-buddhist-temples-homes.html COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran before authorities restored order. The situation was under control Sunday afternoon after extra security officers were deployed and the government banned public gatherings in the troubled ar... Mon, 01 Oct 2012 00:02:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1597448-bangladeshi-muslims-torch-buddhist-temples-homes.html 2012-10-01T00:02:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1581480-strike-enforced-bangladesh-anti-islam-film.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Schools and businesses are closed and transportation has been disrupted across Bangladesh as hard-line Islamic groups protesting a film that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad enforce a general strike. Thousands of security officials have been deployed in the capital, Dhaka, to try to avert violence during Sunday's strike. The strike... Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:13:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1581480-strike-enforced-bangladesh-anti-islam-film.html 2012-09-23T11:13:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1580222-bangladesh-police-prophet-film-protesters-clash.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Scores of people were injured Saturday in clashes in Bangladesh's capital between police and hundreds of demonstrators, as protests continued in the Muslim world against a film produced in the United States that denigrates Islam's Prophet Muhammad. In Pakistan, where more than 20 people died Friday in clashes in cities throughout ... Sat, 22 Sep 2012 13:27:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1580222-bangladesh-police-prophet-film-protesters-clash.html 2012-09-22T13:27:00Z