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Picture Archive: Bangladesh (Then East Pakistan), 1950s
A week ago, the last body of 1,127 was recovered from a collapsed textile factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh -the largest garment-industry disaster in the country's history.
Political violence in Bangladesh: In hot blood
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Economist Report: The Another Massacre in Bangladesh
When the dead bodies of the army are the biggest industrial disaster in the first 6 May prahare about isalamapanthidera massacre have been published.
Islamist Protests Raise Toll in Bangladesh
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32 dead as Bangladesh Islamists demand...
Bangladeshi police broke up a protest by tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down an Islamist television station Monday after 32 people died in some of the fiercest street violence for decades.
Bangladesh Police Open Fire as 14 Dead in Blasphemy Protests
Clashes between Bangladeshi police and rioting members of an Islamic group demanding the drafting of blasphemy laws left 14 people dead and 250 wounded in Dhaka and surrounding districts.
Arrest sparks clashes amid Dhaka rescue
Arrest sparks clashes amid Dhaka rescue By Syed Tashfin Chowdhury DHAKA - The weekend arrest of Mohammad Sohel Rana, owner of the Rana Plaza, the factory building on the outskirts of Dhaka that collapsed on Wednesday and has so far resulted in the deaths of at least 398 people, has brought some sense of closure for apparel workers.
Bangladeshis burn factories to protest unsafe conditions
Thousands of garment workers rampaged through industrial areas of the capital of Bangladesh on Friday, smashing vehicles with bamboo poles and setting fire to at least two factories in violent protests ignited by a deadly building collapse this week that killed at least 304 workers.