Bangladesh garment factory fire: Was emergency exit locked?

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 12:03

Smart Export Garment Ltd. factory in Mohammadpur district of Bangladeshi capital Dhaka witnessed a fire tragedy on Saturday when about 250 workers were working at the factory that makes pants and shirts.

Probe launched into Dhaka garment factory fire

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 20:14

Authorities Sunday launched a probe into the fire and subsequent stampede at an illegal garment factory that killed seven women workers in Dhaka.

Angry labourers try to set tea factory on fire in Assam

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 2, 2013, 15:11

Angry labourers ghearaoed the estate management and attempted to burn down the tea factory.

‘Bangla factory fire victims were locked inside’

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 25, 2012, 20:00

Bangladesh`s deadliest factory fire that claimed the lives of 111 workers was a case of arson.

Thailand factory fire cost $1.7 mn: Toyota

Last Updated: Monday, December 24, 2012, 18:38

Earlier reports put the loss at 100 million baht (about USD 3.4 million).

Bangladesh factory fire ‘an act of sabotage’

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 11:23

The deadly blaze at Tazreen factory that engulfed 112 lives was an act of sabotage by someone who worked there.

China garment factory fire claims 14 lives

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2012, 23:08

At least 14 people were killed in a fire at an underwear factory in south China Tuesday.

Bangladesh workers protest; families of dead plead

Last Updated: Friday, November 30, 2012, 23:06

Hundreds of garment workers protested on Friday outside a Bangladeshi factory where 112 people were killed by a fire.

Fury in B`desh, workers demand multinationals pay compensation

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 28, 2012, 18:29

The worker were enraged as the factory owner of the Tazreen Fashion continued to elude the police dragnet.

Bangladesh factory fire `act of sabotage’?

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 18:03

Even as the authorities in Bangladesh launched a manhunt for the owner of the garment factory where 112 workers were killed in a devastating fire on Sunday, news reports on Tuesday claimed that it was an act of sabotage.

Walmart ‘troubled’ over gutted Bangladesh garment factory

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 27, 2012, 13:45

US retailer Walmart has said that it is ‘troubled’ that a supplier subcontracted work without authorization to a factory has been hit by a lethal fire in Bangladesh.

Two arrested for setting garments factory on fire in Bangladesh

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 20:40

Bangladesh police arrested two factory employees, including a woman, for allegedly setting on fire a readymade garments unit, a day after another inferno killed 112 workers of a nearby textile unit.