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 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:33:21 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 22:33:21 -0400 30 Bangladesh unless it sees an improvement in the country's working conditions following the collapse last month of a building housing a number of garment ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214728337/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 20:56:30 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214728337/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d A teenager who survived the massive Bangladesh factory collapse says she was afraid to go to work the day of the incident. Those who try to improve working conditions face retaliation. Holly Williams ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214728411/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:33 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214728411/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d (CBS News) DHAKA, Bangladesh -- When she was 11 years old, Tahmina Akhter Sadia went to work in a garment factory. Four years later, she's her family's breadwinner -- and a survivor of one of the worst industrial accidents in ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214728135/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 20:43:31 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214728135/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident include the swampy ground the Rana Plaza was built on, the "extremely poor quality" construction materials and the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214721537/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 14:36:25 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214721537/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d THE commission investigating a building collapse that left 1127 dead and more than 2400 hurt is urging the Bangladeshi government to pursue homicide charges against the owners of the structure and of the five textile factories. The worst industrial disaster in the history of the South Asian nation was due to poor construction and the use of "extremely poor quality" materials, according to ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214719508/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 12:40:19 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214719508/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Poor quality cement and iron rods have been blamed in a government committee report for a massive building collapse in Bangladesh in which more than 1,000 people were killed. CBS News' Holly Williams recently went undercover in that country to investigate unsafe working ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214718526/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 12:09:27 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214718526/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the ';main culprit'; for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214718468/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:19 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214718468/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor quality" construction materials, to the massive, vibrating equipment operating when the eight-story building collapsed, a committee appointed by Bangladesh's government concluded. The committee recommended life ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214716719/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 10:58:27 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214716719/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Rendering of Shobuj Pata low-rise condo project, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Toronto-based JCI Architects. Instead of pushing tall buildings upright, you can tip the towers onto their sides, as JCI decided to do here. The move lets skyscrapers do what they do best - provide dwellings that are safe and private, but compactly stacked in the landscape. (JCI ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214715340/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:56 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214715340/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Sohel Rana also "used extremely poor quality iron rods and cement," Ahmed told The Associated Press on Thursday. "There were a series of irregularities." The report found that Rana had permission to build a six-story structure and added two floors illegally so he could rent them out to garment factories. Past statements from authorities said the owner had permission for a ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214715007/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:09 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214715007/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d The report also said the building was not built for industrial use and the weight of the heavy garment factory machinery and their vibrations contributed to the building ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214715008/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 09:49:07 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214715008/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d "I think the cost of clothes does need to go up," she said. "We have had this race to the bottom. Nothing can be much worse than what has happened." Prof Black said people can still save money by buying good quality clothes and make do and mend. She said making your own clothes is also popular following the ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214712710/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 07:42:07 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214712710/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d "Bangladesh LNG Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Bangladesh LNG industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the LNG sector. It is a complete source of information and analysis on Bangladesh LNG industry. It provides ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214712711/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 07:20:41 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214712711/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d In Bangladesh, a government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building last month. More than 1,100 workers were ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214710258/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 05:19:08 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214710258/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d FILE - In this Sunday, May 12, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi rescuers use heavy machinery to clear rubble of a garment factory building that collapsed on April 24 as they continue searching for bodies in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. A government investigation said poor quality construction materials and building code violations contributed to the collapse of building housing garment factories ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214710259/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 05:04:19 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214710259/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/214710306/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:57 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214710306/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d By Naimul Haq CHAPAINAWABGANJ, Bangladesh - Fahima Begum rises each morning at dawn and walks two kilometers to a small pond, the nearest source of fresh water. On her way she passes the rusty old hand-pumped tube well that used to supply water to her village in Bangladesh's arid Barind region until the water table here dropped out of reach. Using a ragtag array of pots, she carries ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214709440/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 03:51:51 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214709440/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d A revised minimum wage could help women working in harsh conditions who have few other places to go, but employers say they are also suffering as a result of disrupted ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214708160/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:48 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214708160/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d DHAKA, Bangladesh -; A government investigation found poor quality construction materials and building code violations were among the "series of irregularities" that caused the collapse of a building housing garment factories last month in Bangladesh, the committee head said ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214706182/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 00:44:46 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214706182/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Dhaka, May 23 (IANS) Nature lovers in Bangladesh can tune in to 89.6 FM for their daily dose of green awakening, courtesy a 45-minute programme which aims at bridging the gap between environmentalists and laymen by keeping them abreast of burning topics related to the sector. "As our country has become the most vulnerable nation to climate change, we thought of making a dedicated programme ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214706434/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Thu, 23 May 2013 00:24:36 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214706434/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d MAMUN was hailed a hero for pulling survivors from the ruins of Bangladesh's Rana Plaza factory complex but now he struggles to sleep, haunted by the memory of sawing off a young woman's hand. "I had never even touched the hand of a woman before but it was the only way to save her and the others," said the 22-year-old in an interview ahead of the one-month anniversary of ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214705300/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 23:39:43 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214705300/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Extremely poor construction materials and violation of construction rules contributed to the collapse of the nine-storey Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh on April 24, revealed a government probe body yesterday.The crash was one of the largest industrial building collapses in the world that claimed 1,127 lives and maimed over 2,000 others.The probe body, formed on April 25 by the home ministry to ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214705308/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 23:24:13 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214705308/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Rice imports in Bangladesh hit the lowest in 16 years, thanks to increased domestic production that helped the country become nearly self-sufficient.Bangladesh imported only 27,700 tonnes of rice since the beginning of fiscal 2012-13, down 94 per cent from 515,000 tonnes in the same period a year earlier, according to the food ministry."It reflects that we are close to self-sufficiency in ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214705309/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 23:24:05 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214705309/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Two climbers have died while descending from the summit of Mount Everest on Monday night, officials confirmed. The climbers have been identified as Mohammad Khalid Hussain of Bangladesh and Sung Ho-Seo of South Korea. Khil Lal Gautam, official at Tourism Ministry, said that Ho-Seo, who had climbed the peak without supplemental oxygen, refused to put on oxygen mask on returning to tent as ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214704370/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:42 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214704370/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d CBS News (CBS News) Many of the clothes in American stores are made in Bangladesh, which has a history of workplace disasters. Six months ago, 112 workers died when their factory burned down. Last month, another factory collapsed, killing more than 1,100 workers in one of the worst industrial accidents ever. If you own clothes that were made in Bangladesh, this is where they come from. ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214704060/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 21:54:24 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214704060/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d American retailers remain sharply opposed to joining an international plan to improve safety conditions at garment factories in Bangladesh as their European counterparts and consumer and labor groups dismiss the ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214704009/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 21:09:26 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214704009/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d For the first time, Tesco, one of the largest retailers in the world, opened the doors to its factory in Bangladesh. ITV News visited a production center said to be ethically run. It manufactures many of the 40 million garments made in Bangladesh every year for the supermarket giant Tesco. ITV's Laura Kuennsberg ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214702079/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 19:49:53 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214702079/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d - Fahima Begum rises each morning at dawn and walks two kilometres to a small pond, the nearest source of fresh water.On her way she passes the rusty old hand-pumped tube well that used to supply water to her village in Bangladesh's arid Barind region until the water table here dropped out of ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214700295/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 18:50:03 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214700295/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d DHAKA, Bangladesh ... http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214697443/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d Wed, 22 May 2013 15:52:10 -0400 http://www.bangladeshnews.net/index.php/sid/214697443/scat/ba01aa42514dc37d