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Saudi Ship Carries Out Largest Evacuation Since Sudan Fighting Broke Out

A Saudi-flagged ship arrived Saturday at the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, carrying the largest number of evacuees since evacuations from Sudan kicked off. The Saudi-flagged ship “Amana” carried 20 Saudi citizens, as well as 1,866 nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from different nationalities, including: Thailand, Australia, Rwanda,…

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‘A nightmare I couldn’t wake up from’: half of Rana Plaza survivors unable to work 10 years after disaster

A decade after Bangladesh’s worst garment-industry disaster, injury and ill health plagues those that escaped

The Guardian - UK

Regional triad is drawing closer

The northeast region comprising India's eight northeastern states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim -- is undergoing dramatic change.

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Mum saw someone 'with no hands' as 1,000 died during horror of factory collapse

Nilufa Yasmin was trapped beneath the rubble for three days at the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in an ordeal which is too traumatising to recall

Daily Mirror

Bangladesh spells out Indo-Pacific priorities

Bangladesh will work with all the stakeholders for peacekeeping, peace building and counter-terrorism initiatives in the Indo-Pacific region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said

The Hindu

Best&Less accused of putting profit before Bangladesh workers by failing to sign safety accord

Company says its own code of conduct goes further than the global accord prompted by the Rana Plaza disaster 10 years ago

The Guardian - AU

What was the Rana Plaza disaster? Tragedy remembered 10 years on

The garment factory that collapsed worked with the likes of Primark, Benetton, and Bonmarche.

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Ten years of Rana Plaza: How safe is Bangladesh garment industry?

The nine-storey building collapsed in 2013, killing 1,134 people, in one of the deadliest industrial disasters ever.

Al Jazeera

First Army formation to reach Dhaka during 1971 Bangladesh war celebrates 60 years

The first Army formation to reach Dhaka, formerly Dacca, during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War celebrated 60 years of service to the nation on April 24.

The Hindu

How a pioneering French law emerged from the ruins of a factory in Bangladesh

The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh a decade ago, in which more than a thousand people died, led to a revolutionary French law on duty of care. How did it come about and is it effective in protecting workers' rights and the environment?

Radio France Internationale

Abuses ‘still rife’: 10 years on from Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza disaster

Campaigners say safety has improved but brands need to do more for workers’ rights and pay as survivors recount tragedy

The Guardian - UK

A decade after the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster, New Zealanders still rely on fast fashion

Ten years to the day after the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh, a disaster that killed more than 1,100 workers and injured another 2,500, the global addiction to cheap clothing remains strong.

The Conversation

Men who escaped fire in crowded London flat face homelessness

Men of Bangladeshi origin say they cannot find homes after paying landlord to live in ‘humiliating’ conditions

The Guardian - UK

91 Saudis, Dozens of Foreign Nationals Evacuated from Sudan to Jeddah

Ninety-one Saudi nationals and some 66 foreign nationals from 12 countries arrived in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah after being evacuated from Sudan. The evacuation was carried out by the Saudi Royal Navy with the support of various armed forces. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrival of the Saudis…

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The Conversation

Fast fashion still comes with deadly risks, 10 years after the Rana Plaza disaster – the industry's many moving pieces make it easy to cut corners

On April 24, 2013, a multistory garment factory complex in Bangladesh called Rana Plaza collapsed, killing more than 1,000 workers and injuring another 2,500. It remains the worst accident in the history of the apparel industry and one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the world.

The Conversation

Rana Plaza: ten years after the Bangladesh factory collapse, we are no closer to fixing modern slavery

It’s ten years since the tragic collapse of the Rana Plaza building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 1,132 garment workers and injured several thousand more. The collapse of the eight-storey building on April 24 2013, which housed five factories making clothes for western high street brands like Accessorize,…

Wales Online

Eid al-Fitr 2023 moon sightings and confirmed dates for Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, India and UK

Countries across the world have declared dates for Eid but many of them fall on different days

The Conversation

Friday essay: 'I trained to be an engineer ... now I am a pickle seller'. What does migration do to a wife?

But you know what’s funny? All my life, I have been trained to be an engineer. Look at me now, I am a pickle seller!

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Bangladesh suffers widespread power outages during relentless heat

Bangladesh is being forced to cut power to millions of people as a relentless heatwave leads to a surge in demand for power and thereby creates massive electricity supply shortfalls during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.

Dynamite News

West Bengal: BSF seizes gold worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh at international border, one held

Foiling a smuggling bid, the Border Security Force (BSF) seized gold biscuits worth Rs 36 lakh smuggled from Bangladesh to India in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - US

‘A gamechanger’: this simple device could help fight the war on abortion rights in the US

Only a tiny fraction of primary care physicians provide abortions. Dr Joan Fleischman wants to offset the rightwing war on reproductive rights by training many more of them

360info

Suicide is not a crime

More countries are realising that punishing individuals doesn’t prevent them from acting on suicidal thoughts but simply puts them in greater distress.

360info

Suicide is a mental health issue, not a crime

Bangladesh inherited its suicide laws from the colonial era. A more modern approach is needed to deter the behaviour.

Radio France Internationale

Shubo Nabo Barsho! Happy Bengali New Year!

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about Fespaco. There’s a celebration of the Bengali New Year, as well as the “Listeners Corner” with Michael Fitzpatrick and “Music from Vincent” with Vincent Pora. All that, and the new quiz question, too, so click on…

Reuters

Fire rips through Bangladesh shopping complex, smoke hampers rescue efforts

A huge fire swept through a shopping complex containing nearly 1,500 shops in Bangladesh's capital of Dhaka, officials said on Saturday as firefighters and soldiers struggled to put out the blaze with smoke hampering rescue efforts.

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