Cyclone Lashes India, Bangladesh; 6 Dead, 1.1M Evacuated May 27, 2021 By Ashok Sharma and Julhas Alam NEW DELHI (AP) — Heavy rain and a high tide lashed parts of eastern India and neighboring Bangladesh on Wednesday...
Cyclone Shows Cost of Delaying $38 Billion Bangladesh Delta Plan May 27, 2020 By Arun Devnath Mizanur Rahman recalls the last time a major tropical storm hit Bangladesh, when Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,000 people...
Millions Evacuated From India, Bangladesh as Cyclone Nears Making Landfall May 21, 2020 By Pratik Parija, Pradipta Mukherjee and Arun Devnath Authorities along India’s east coast and neighboring Bangladesh evacuated millions to safer places and shut some factories as the biggest...
Lawyer Says Bangladesh Garment Factory Owners Not Liable for Fire February 11, 2014 By JULHAS ALAM The owner of a Bangladesh garment factory where more than 100 workers died in a fire is not liable for...
Factory Owners Charged in Bangladesh Garment Factory Fire December 24, 2013 By JULHAS ALAM Police charged the owners of a Bangladeshi garment factory and 11 employees with culpable homicide Sunday for alleged negligence leading...
Bangladesh Waits for Factory Checks Six Months After Deaths October 24, 2013 By Mehul Srivastava Six months ago, when 1,127 Bangladeshi workers were killed in the collapse of a high-rise warren of garment factories, international...
450 Garment Factory Workers Fall Ill in Bangladesh June 7, 2013 About 450 garment workers fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory near Bangladesh’s capital, and authorities said Thursday...
Factory Owner Barred From Leaving Bangladesh May 21, 2013 The High Court in Bangladesh’s capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people...
Clothing Chains Grapple With How to Improve Safety May 17, 2013 By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO While several foreign clothing chains on Tuesday agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers...
Bangladesh Collapse Search Over; Death Toll 1,127 May 14, 2013 By JULHAS ALAM and FARID HOSSAIN Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site...