Provides the latest RSS feeds for Bangladesh News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Bangladesh News.net http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/cat/ba01aa42514dc37d/ en-us Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:33 -0400 Mon, 20 May 2013 09:45:33 -0400 30 Bangladesh online activist and spokesperson of the Shahbagh's Ganajagaran Mancha, Imran H Sarkar, has called for the banning of country's biggest Islamist party, the Jamaat-e-Islami, while blaming it for wartime atrocities committed during the 1971 liberation war. Jamaat, an Islamist ally of the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), opposed independence from Pakistan, denied accusations ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214629212/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 06:40:02 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214629212/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d All irritating, no doubt; but spare a thought for US couple Sandy Valdiviseo and her husband Triet Vo who ended up 7,000 miles from their destination after an airport code mix-up.The couple had planned to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal, but instead found themselves 7,000 miles away in Dhaka, Bangladesh, after their carrier mixed up the airport codes.The bizarre situation resulted in a ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214631885/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 08:25:56 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214631885/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Set aside for a moment what you think you know about the garment factories in Bangladesh: grimy, sweaty, children sitting in dimly lit, sweltering rooms sewing shirts you buy at your box store for ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214632339/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 08:22:19 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214632339/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh labour activists and manufacturers have welcomed plans by foreign retailers to improve shocking safety standards at garment factories after a disaster which killed over 1,100 workers.The retailers' promise followed last month's collapse of a nine-storey factory complex outside Dhaka that killed 1,127 people in one of the world's worst industrial disasters.Labour ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214629916/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 06:27:58 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214629916/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30km outside Dhaka, in this April 26, 2013, file ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214628501/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 05:31:36 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214628501/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladeshi authorities have announced a one-month ban on political rallies to facilitate relief operations after Cyclone Mahasen.'It is not possible to protect the fundamental rights like holding meetings and rallies when the country was hit by a natural disaster,' Local Government and Cooperatives Minister Syed Ashraful Islam told reporters in the capital Dhaka.The category-one ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214627596/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 04:36:20 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214627596/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d At least 17 people were killed and about 30 others injured as a goods laden truck and a night passenger bus collided head on in Bangladesh's Shajahanpur sub- district of Bogra district, 197 km northwest of the capital Dhaka, on Thursday morning.Police was quoted by private news agency UNB as saying that the Dhaka bound truck collided head on with the passenger bus, leaving 11 passengers dead ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214627533/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 04:16:33 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214627533/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh garment manufacturers said they would reopen hundreds of factories in a manufacturing hub outside the capital, days after they shut the plants due to worker unrest following a deadly accident.The manufacturers on Monday announced the shutdown of the factories in the Ashulia industrial area after two weeks of protests over the death of 1,127 garment workers in the country's worst ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214626305/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 03:43:17 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214626305/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d A cyclone ripped into the Bangladeshi coast Thursday as hundreds of thousands of people hunkered down in evacuation shelters, including in a region of Myanmar torn by communal unrest.Two people died as Cyclone Mahasen hit Bangladesh's southern Patuakhali coast, officials said, while heavy rains and strong winds also lashed neighbouring Myanmar's northwest coast, home to tens of ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214626306/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 03:43:15 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214626306/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Hundreds of factories which form the hub of Bangladesh's garment industry are to close indefinitely after worker unrest sparked by the death of more than 1100 colleagues, employees say.As the search for bodies from last month's building collapse wrapped up, the textile industry's main trade body said all operations at the nearby Ashulia industrial zone on the outskirts of Dhaka ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214624033/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Mon, 20 May 2013 01:06:19 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214624033/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The prospects of Bangladesh retaining the generalised system of preferences (GSP) in the US market are bleak, according to Commerce Minister GM Quader."After the Rana Plaza collapse, expecting a positive result from the USTR [United States Trade Representative] hearing has become difficult," Quader told The Daily Star yesterday. "I cannot exactly say whether the outcome will be ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622857/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 23:29:03 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622857/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia has said the dialogue between the government and the opposition would be "affected" by the government's "ban" on holding rallies for a month.She made the comment when a delegation of ambassadors called on her at her Gulshan office last night.The delegation included William Hanna, head of EU delegation to ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622858/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 23:28:58 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622858/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Around 1.12 billion Bangladeshi taka (US$14.21 million) is being transacted through mobile banking services in Bangladesh every day on an average, helping the economy grow further by transferring money from urban to rural areas, Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman said yesterday.Banks have been providing mobile financial services to 5 million people through around 7,000 agents across the ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622736/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 23:28:51 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622736/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The United Nations human rights chief has called for further actions to improve the working conditions of the Bangladeshi garment sector."We welcome the fact that dozens of international companies have made a legal commitment to improve safety in Bangladesh's garment factories, in the wake of last month's building collapse that killed more than 1,127 people," Navanethem Pillay ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622755/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 23:28:31 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214622755/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d VF Corp. VF confirmed on Saturday it was still using Liz Apparels to make its clothing following an inspection ordered by the factory owner, Nassa Group, on May 12. VF, whose other clothing brands include North Face, Timberland and Nautica, said its philosophy was to "stay and improve" working conditions."We are in daily contact with the facility and VF's leadership is closely ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214619503/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 18:22:42 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214619503/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d GAZIPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - 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 ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214619000/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 17:20:52 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214619000/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d DHAKA, Bangladesh // The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities yesterday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said. The High Court made the request in response to a petition seeking the arrest of Delwar Hossain, the owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd. It also asked authorities to bring Hossain before ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214617048/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 14:19:09 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214617048/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Dutch high street brands Hema, Zeeman, Prenatal and Coolcat have not signed an agreement to improve safety and working conditions for textile workers in Bangladesh, according to the final list of signatories published online. C&A, V&D, G-Star and WE have signed up to ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214617008/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 14:09:42 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214617008/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Bangladesh's top court on Sunday ordered police to prevent the owner of a garmentfactory that catered to top Western retailers from leaving the country, six months after 111 of his employees died in a ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214616421/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 12:27:26 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214616421/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Delwar Hossain, owner of the Tazreen Fashions garment factory, where 112 workers died in a devastating fire last month, speaks during an interview at the office of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) in Dhaka November 29, ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214614949/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sun, 19 May 2013 10:36:58 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214614949/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d