Relax - Hong Kong may not be as racist as suggested by the world map on racial tolerance published in The Washington Post last week. While the results are less startling, they are still high by...
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- May 26, 2013
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19 May 2013
The International Labour Organisation and World Bank have refused to let Bangladesh join a textile industry monitoring programme until the country overhauls its labour laws and conditions for...
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17 May 2013
Cyclone Mahasen weakened late yesterday into a tropical storm, causing far less damage than had been feared as it passed over coastal Bangladesh and spared Myanmar almost entirely. At least 18...
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16 May 2013
The outer bands of Cyclone Mahasen struck the southern coast of Bangladesh on Thursday, lashing remote fishing villages with heavy rain and fierce winds that flattened mud and straw huts and...
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15 May 2013
Wal-Mart Stores, the American chain that is the world's largest retailer, said it would not accept "at this time" an agreement to improve fire and building safety in Bangladesh that is supported...
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14 May 2013
Bangladeshi domestic helpers who have just arrived in Hong Kong were happy to share their aspirations yesterday before meeting their employers.
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The arrival of the 11 women, who will begin working tomorrow after a two-day orientation, marks the beginning of the official importation of maids from the country, which it is hoped will ease a...
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On April 24, Reshma Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her. She raced down a stairwell into the basement, where she became...
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A group of 11 domestic workers from Bangladesh will arrive in Hong Kong today, marking the beginning of official importation of maids from the country.
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A fire at a garment factory in Bangladesh killed eight people yesterday, another blow to an industry already in shock after the deaths of more than 900 people when another factory collapsed.
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Eight 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...
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At least 28 people have died in street battles between Bangladeshi police and tens of thousands of Islamists, officials said yesterday, deepening the divide between the secular government and...
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