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Bahrain garment exporter plans $10m factoryMRS Fashions, a top clothing exporter in Bahrain, plans to open a new $10 million factory in September to meet rising demand from American consumers. The company accounts for nearly 70 per cent of Bahraini exports to the US. More… |
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Bangladesh factory fire kills 8; collapse toll at 892Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed to 892. More… |
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Bangladesh disaster victims to get compensationTwo Western retailers have promised to compensate families of garment workers killed while making their clothes in a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed last week in the country's worst industrial accident. The pledge f More… |
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Bangladesh building toll rises to 325, 2 arrestedTwo factory bosses were arrested in Bangladesh on Saturday, 72 hours after the deadly collapse of a building where low-cost garments were made for Western brands, as the death toll rose to 325 and angry workers protested on the streets of the ca More… |
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Hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270The search for survivors from Bangladesh's worst industrial accident stretched into a third day on Friday, with the death toll rising to 273 after the collapse of a building housing factories that made low-cost garments for Western brands. More… |
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Bangladesh building collapse toll rises to 160The death toll from a building collapse in Bangladesh has risen to 160 and could climb higher, police said on Thursday, with people trapped under the rubble of a complex that housed garment factories supplying retailers in Europe and North Ameri More… |
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Factory collapse kills 25 in BangladeshAn eight-storey block housing garment factories and a shopping centre collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and injuring more than 500, the Ntv television news channel reported. More… |
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N Korea halts South's entry to industrial zoneNorth Korea on Wednesday closed access to a joint factory zone that earns $2 billion a year in trade for the impoverished state but will allow hundreds of South Koreans to return home, officials said, allaying fears they could have been held hos More… |
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Rising costs drag oil and gas into factory ageOil engineering consultant Steve earns 550,000 Australian dollars ($560,000) a year and is seeing new graduates signed up for six-figure salaries. These pay rates, along with other rising costs More… |
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Bahrain firms face pollution clampdownCompanies found guilty of flouting recommended air pollution limits in a Bahrain village are facing legal action, said a report. The warning comes as an Italian company nears completion of a six-month study into air quality levels More… |
