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A Bangladeshi Army soldier walks through rows of burnt sewing machines after a fire in the Tazreen Fashions plant in Savar, some 30 kilometers north of Dhaka. Bangladesh police on December 22, 2013, charged the owners and 11 others over the nation’s worst garment factory fire, which killed 111 people. (AFP Photo)

Owners, others charged in Bangladesh factory fire

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 22, 2013 | World

Dhaka, AP—Police in Bangladesh on Sunday charged the owners of a garment factory and 11 of their employees with culpable homicide for alleged negligence in a fire at the facility last year that killed 112 people. This is the first time such charges have been filed...

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Rescuers carry a survivor pulled out from the rubble of a building that collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, May 10, 2013. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh workers find survivor in factory rubble

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 10, 2013 | World

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP)—A seamstress buried in the wreckage of a collapsed garment factory building for 17 days was rescued Friday, a miraculous moment set against a scene of unimaginable horror, where the death toll shot past 1,000. Reshma survived, in remarkably good...

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An investigator surveys the scene of a fire at a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, May 9, 2013. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh Fire Kills 8 as Collapse Toll Hits 950

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 9, 2013 | World

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP)—A fire fed by huge piles of acrylic products used to make sweaters killed eight people at a Bangladesh garment factory, barely two weeks after a collapse at another garment factory building where the death toll was approaching 1,000 on Thursday....

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Pairs of brand new denim jeans are strewn over rubble from the collapsed garment factory building, Saturday, May 4, 2013 in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo)

Bangladesh Urges No Harsh EU Measures Over Factory Deaths

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 4, 2013 | World

Dhaka, Reuters—Bangladesh urged on Saturday urged the European Union not to take tough measures against its economically crucial textile industry in response to the collapse of a garment factory that killed nearly 550 people. Bodies were still being pulled from the...

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Rescue workers attempt to rescue garment workers from the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km outside Dhaka April 30, 2013.

Bangladesh Says Death Toll from Factory Collapse Exceeds 400

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2013 | World

Dhaka, Bloomberg—Bangladesh officials said the death toll from the factory complex that collapsed last week rose to at least 403, and the European Union warned of trade sanctions in the wake of the nation’s biggest industrial disaster. Rescue efforts are...