Posts Tagged ‘Bangladesh’

• Bangladesh suspends 7 inspectors it says renewed doomed factories’ licenses without visiting

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh has suspended seven inspectors it accuses of negligence for renewing…

  by Farid Hossain, The Associated Press - Monday, June 10, 2013

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  The Bangladesh collapse: Piecing it all together

  The push for cheap clothes includes a small Montreal apparel firm

  by Rosemary Westwood - Thursday, May 23, 2013

• Bangladesh probe faults swampy land, poor building materials

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – The defects and errors that led to the world’s deadliest garment-industry…

  by The Associated Press - Thursday, May 23, 2013

• Loblaw Companies to sign fire and building safety code in Bangladesh

  TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) said Tuesday that it will sign a pact…

  by The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 15, 2013

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  Loblaw latest to sign safety pact on Bangladesh factories

  Loblaw, owner of the Joe Fresh brand, has become the latest major retailer to…

  by Rosemary Westwood - Tuesday, May 14, 2013

• Bangladesh agrees to allow garment workers to form trade unions

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – Bangladesh’s government agreed Monday to allow the country’s garment workers to…

  by The Associated Press - Monday, May 13, 2013

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  Bangladesh rescuers return to task of retrieving bodies

  Death toll passes 1,000 amid euphoria of finding woman alive

  by The Associated Press - Saturday, May 11, 2013

• Woman rescued after being trapped for 17 days in collapsed Bangladesh factory

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – A woman buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory…

  by Julhas Alam, The Associated Press - Friday, May 10, 2013

• Toll from Bangladesh factory tragedy tops 800 as bodies sent for DNA tests

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – Dozens of bodies recovered Wednesday from a collapsed garment factory building…

  by Julhas Alam, The Associated Press - Wednesday, May 8, 2013

• Death toll from Bangladesh disaster tops 700 as survivors protest

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – Hundreds of survivors of last month’s collapse of a building housing…

  by Julhas Alam, The Associated Press - Tuesday, May 7, 2013

• Building collapse responses highlight PR strategies at clothing brands

  MUMBAI, India – Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh’s troubled garment industry responded in…

  by The Associated Press - Monday, May 6, 2013

• Bangladesh police arrest engineer who called building unsafe, say he consulted on construction

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – More than 500 bodies have been recovered from the Bangladesh garment-factory…

  by The Canadian Press - Friday, May 3, 2013

• Loblaw to include structural integrity audits of supplier companies

  TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) says it will include the structural integrity of…

  by David Friend, The Canadian Press - Thursday, May 2, 2013

• Loblaw to include structural integrity audits of supplier companies

  TORONTO – Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) says it will include the structural integrity of…

  by The Canadian Press - Thursday, May 2, 2013

• Toll rises to 430 dead in Bangladesh building collapse

  DHAKA, Bangladesh – Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed…

  by The Associated Press - Thursday, May 2, 2013

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  What does that $14 shirt really cost?

  Bangladesh disaster raises tough questions about cheap clothes

  by Rosemary Westwood - Wednesday, May 1, 2013

• Loblaw will give more help to victims of Bangladesh tragedy; hikes dividend

  Loblaw Companies Ltd. is pledging more help to victims in the collapse of an…

  by The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 1, 2013

• Bangladesh factory collapse prompts Retail Council to update industry guidelines

  TORONTO – The Retail Council of Canada is updating its industry guidelines in the…

  by The Canadian Press - Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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  Pope Francis condemns ‘slave labour’ after Bangladesh factory collapse

  ‘Slavery is being committed against something beautiful’

  by Emily Senger - Wednesday, May 1, 2013

• Bangladeshis demand worker safety as death toll tops 400

  SAVAR, Bangladesh – Thousands of workers paraded through central Dhaka on May Day to…

  by The Associated Press - Wednesday, May 1, 2013

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