Thousands protest Bangladesh wages for fourth day DHAKA, Monday 2 August 2010 (AFP) – Bangladeshi garment workers blocked roads and attacked factories on Monday as protests over the level of a new minimum wage spilled into a fourth day. Read more on Sin Chew Jit…. Click Here to Read More
Bangladesh garment workers protest against pay package DHAKA, July 30 (Reuters) – Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers took to the streets, burning cars and blocking traffic in Dhaka on Friday to protest against a government-announced wage hike that fell far short of their demands. Read more on Arab…. Click Here to Read More
Bangladesh exports rebound on back of garment growth Bangladesh said Tuesday exports leapt over 20 percent in June from a year earlier, an increase credited partly to some companies moving garment orders from China to the low-cost South Asian country. Read more on AFP via Yahoo!…. Click Here to Read More
Bangladesh clothing show to boost Britain garment ties By Venkata Vemuri,London, July 7 : A Bangladeshi clothing show is being organised for the first time in Britain to acknowledge the one billion pounds-strong relationship between British garment retailers and suppliers from the South Asian country. Read more on New…. Click Here to Read More
Bangladesh garment workers world’s most poorly paid: Survey Dhaka, June 20 : Bangladesh’s garment sector workers are “the world’s most poorly paid” and their rights are being abused increasingly, an international trade union body has said. Read more on New…. Click Here to Read More
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-05-05 12:43 Bangladesh March exports up 18 pct on year DHAKA, May 5 (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s exports in March rose 18.4 percent from a year earlier to $1.5 billion as the global economy slowly recovered, the third consecutive rise after two straight months of declines. Exports for July-March, the first three quarters of the 2009/10 fiscal year, were down 0.8 percent at $11.54 billion from the same period in the previous year, data from the Export … Read more on Interactive…. Click Here to Read More
Bangladesh puts experts on the web Doctors reach rural Bangladesh via the web Read more on BBC…. Click Here to Read More
Pee Wees pitch in to help Haiti The Pee Wee hockey team here has been asking Telluriders if they’ll do a little early spring cleaning and help disaster-torn Haitians in the process. Read more on Telluride Daily Planet Chanel treasures hit Paris’ auction blocks Hundreds of fashionistas, collectors and would-be consumers with a dream jostled for a closer look at some of the more than 800 garments, accessories and shoes by the storied luxury giant Chanel that hit the auction blocks… Read more on KTNV Las Vegas Bangladesh fire probe announced Bangladeshi authorities set up an inquiry to find out the cause of a fire in a clothes factory which killed at least 21 people. Read more on BBC…. Click Here to Read More
