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Bangladesh death toll rises above 500

The official death toll following the collapse of a Bangladesh garment factory has reached 501 and is expected to climb even higher.
World • 03 May 13

EU warns of trade action following Bangladesh fire

The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, in order to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a building collapse killed hundreds of factory workers.
News • 01 May 13

Oxfam Ireland welcomes Primark compensation move

Oxfam Ireland has welcomed the move by Primark to compensate families of workers killed while making its clothes in a factory which collapsed in Bangladesh.
News • 30 Apr 13

Primark to aid Bangladesh disaster families

Bosses at Primark have said they will pay compensation to the families of their workers involved in the Bangladesh building collapse that took the lives of 400 people.
Business • 30 Apr 13

Fire hampers Bangladesh rescue efforts

Rescue officials in Bangladesh said they are unlikely to find more survivors in the rubble of a factory that collapsed last week.
News • 29 Apr 13

Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse at 304

Rescuers pulled 62 people alive from the rubble of a collapsed building on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, as the death toll rises to 304.
News • 26 Apr 13

Penneys supplier in collapsed Bangladesh building

The Irish clothing chain Penneys has confirmed that one of its suppliers occupied part of the building that collapsed in Bangladesh.
News • 24 Apr 13

Tullow Oil sells Bangladesh operations

Exploration company Tullow Oil has agreed a deal with KrisEnergy Asia Holdings for the sale of 100% of the share capital of Tullow Bangladesh Limited.
Business • 09 Apr 13

Up to 14 killed after Bangladeshi ferry sinks

Up to 14 people have been killed and five are missing after a ferry sank in Bangladesh.
News • 09 Feb 13

Bangladesh says factory fire was 'sabotage'

Authorities in Bangladesh have said a fire that killed 111 textile workers was sabotage, as protesters took to the streets for a second day.
News • 27 Nov 12

Bangladeshi textile workers rally over fire deaths

Thousands of angry textile workers demonstrated in the outskirts of Dhaka after a fire swept through a garment workshop at the weekend, killing more than 100 people in Bangladesh's worst-ever factory blaze.
News • 26 Nov 12

More than 100 killed in Bangladesh factory fire

More than 100 people have died in a fire at a clothes factory on the outskirts of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
News • 26 Nov 12

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