Worker rights: Bangladesh fire survivors fear destitution after depot explosion
MD TAHMID ZAMI and IFTEKHAR UDDIN, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, report on the aftermath of the container depot fire near Chittagong in Bangladesh…
Analysis – “Sitting above a bomb”: Bangladesh’s missed fire-safety lessons
Dhaka, BangladeshReuters A deadly fire at a container depot in Bangladesh has laid bare the dangers still facing millions of the country’s workers a decade after a series of tragedies in the export-focussed garment industry spurred a safety revolution. Intense scrutiny of Bangladesh and the major international clothing retailers that rely on it for supplies […]