CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) – Authorities in Bangladesh were still struggling Monday to determine the cause of a devastating fire that killed at least 49 people, including nine firefighters, and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media reported, as …
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at least 28 people and injured more than 100 others, officials and local media said Sunday, as firefighters struggled to get …
Representatives of retailers, labor unions and non-governmental organizations began meeting today in Geneva to discuss compensation for those killed or injured in two factory disasters in Bangladesh. Today’s talks are focused on November’s Tazreen factory blaze, said Jenny Holdcroft, policy …
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. told investors on Thursday that it could provide up to $50 million in low-interest loans or other types of payments to Bangladesh factory owners for building improvements. The money is part of the more than $100 million …
President Barack Obama on Thursday cut off longtime U.S. trade benefits for Bangladesh in a mostly symbolic response to dangerous conditions in that country’s garment industry that have cost more than 1,200 lives in the past year. “I have determined …
A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world’s largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF Corp. VF confirmed on Saturday it was still using …
