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1 hr ago | Daily Times

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Indian monsoon floods death toll climbs to 138 * Authorities fear death toll could rise as evacuations continue DEHRADUN: Military helicopters dropped emergency supplies Wednesday to thousands of tourists and pilgrims stranded by flash floods that tore through towns and temples in northern India, killing at least 138 people, officials... Prayers to ... (more)

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6 hrs ago | Suria

Prayers to drive out ghost at Bangladesh...

Owners of a Bangladesh garment factory were forced to offer prayers and distribute food to the poor on Wednesday in a bid to drive out what workers believed was a ghost at the plant, police said.

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7 hrs ago | Uganda News Picks

Speaker Kadaga Calls for Women's Socio-Economic Transformation

The Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga has re-echoed the need to address the plight of rural Women as governments across the globe implement gender equality programmes.

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11 hrs ago | India Gazette

Sunstroke claims three more lives in Tripura

Sunstroke has claimed three more lives in Tripura, taking the total number of people dying of excessive exposure to sun and heat to six in the state in the past one week, police said Wednesday.

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16 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Fashion's Victims: An Artist's Focus On Garment Workers

A woman tries on a jacket at a Zara store in Madrid. Zara's parent company, Inditex, was among Spanish companies to sign fire and building safety agreements for their factories in Bangladesh following a deadly fire in April.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

The Telegraph

Civic poll blow to Hasina

Dhaka, June 18 : Bangladesh's main Opposition party has swept crucial mayoral polls in four major cities ahead of the general elections in a major debacle for the ruling Awami League Candidates belonging to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia defeated candidates from Premier Sheikh Hasina's Awami League with a big ... (more)

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Daily Kos

Study Finds 800 Bangladeshi Workers Sick in the Head, Not from Drinking Water

Yesterday, a few hundred more factory workers fell ill with "mass psychogenic illness" after drinking water of questionable quality at their workplace in Gazipur at the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka.

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Fox News

Bangladesh's Grameen Bank may be broken up

Bangladesh's pioneering microlender faces an uncertain future after a commission proposed the government take over or break up the Nobel-award-winning bank, analysts said Tuesday.

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CBC News

In Bangladesh's garment trade, empowerment comes at $20 a week

Margaret Evans is CBC News Europe correspondent, a post she took up in early 2012 after seven years in the Middle East.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Fibre2Fashion

Netherlands to help Bangladesh RMG sector become compliant

Lilianne Ploumen, the visiting Netherlands' Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, has assured her country's full support to the Bangladesh readymade garment sector in making it compliant on various parameters.

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Christian Science Monitor

Mass hysteria outbreaks hit Bangladesh's garment workers

Bangladeshi garment workers who fell ill during their shifts at a sweater factory lie on beds at a hospital on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 6, 2013.

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CBC News

Susan Ormiston: Dying for cheap clothes, lessons of the Bangladesh disaster

Susan Ormiston is CBC's award-winning foreign correspondent based in London. Her career spans more than 25 years reporting from hot-spots, including Afghanistan, Egypt and Libya, Haiti, Lebanon and South Africa.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Bangladesh approves trade deal with US

Bangladesh on Monday approved a trade agreement with the United States as it comes under intense pressure from Washington to improve labour rights following a series of factory disasters.

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The Standard

Dhaka police open fire on garment factory workers demanding pay and...

Bangladesh police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers protesting for better benefits in the capital Dhaka.

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Al Jazeera

'Contaminated water' makes Dhaka workers sick

More than 140 workers, mostly women, at two Bangladeshi garment factories near the capital Dhaka have fallen ill after drinking suspected contaminated water in their workplace, police said.

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Bellingham Herald

Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers

In this photo taken Tuesday, May 21, 2013, Hawa Begum holds a photograph of her two daughters outside the family home in Tekani village in far northwestern Bangladesh.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

The Nation

KU trains 37 foreign scientists in 2012

"International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences , Karachi University is known for its quality of research and international collaborations.

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Reuters

Bangladesh disaster crushes owner's ideal of clothes with a conscience

When Spanish garment maker David Mayor arrived in Bangladesh a decade ago the fashion label he set up had the motto "clothing with a heart".

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The Daily Star

Ethno-Fashion, 2013- Fashion Moves a Step Further

Fashion has taken a big leap forward in Bangladesh ever since young girls and boys suddenly started showing an interest in the field and pursuing their dreams but studying such a challenging yet fun subject.

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Ripon Gazette

Duo's curry bike challenge to highlight Asian poverty

Luke Barton and Tom Smith , from North Yorkshire, who are doing six-month bike ride from Brick Lane in London to Bangladesh Going out for a curry is turning into an almighty adventure for two friends cycling 15,000 kilometres across Europe and Asia on the trail of the nation's favourite meal.

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