History of ICC Champions Trophy
NDTVCricket | Thursday May 23, 2013
Inaugurated in Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1998, the Champions Trophy was played every two years until 2009, switching to a round-robin format in 2002 (in Sri Lanka).
Bangladesh panel to recommend life in prison over building collapse
Reuters | Tuesday May 21, 2013
A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the disaster be sentenced to life in prison, the panel's chief said on Tuesday.
Protests erupt in Bangladesh's troubled garment hub
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 20, 2013
Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka.
Bangladesh factory banned by Wal-Mart still makes Wrangler shirts
Reuters | Monday May 20, 2013
A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, US-based VF Corp.
Bangladeshi baby born in storm shelter named Mahasen after cyclone
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013
A baby boy who was born in a Bangladeshi storm shelter was named after an impending cyclone by villagers who hoped the gesture would protect them from the storm's wrath, an official said on Friday.
Bangladesh garment hub reopens after unrest
Agence France-Presse | Friday May 17, 2013
Hundreds of garment factories in a Bangladesh manufacturing hub reopened Friday, days after they were closed down due to unrest sparked by the country's worst industrial tragedy, employers said.
Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen on Friday
Reuters | Thursday May 16, 2013
Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people.
Wal-Mart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive
Reuters | Wednesday May 15, 2013
Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while US and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months.
Benetton agrees to sign Bangladesh safety pact
Associated Press | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Benetton has become the latest global retailer to agree to sign a one-of-kind pact to improve safety at Bangladesh factories following a building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in the country last month.
Bangladesh disaster site to become rehabilitation centre
Agence France-Presse | Tuesday May 14, 2013
Bangladesh plans to take over the site of the collapsed nine-storey building which killed 1,127 people and convert it into a rehabilitation centre for the victims, a minister said on Tuesday.
Bangladesh collapse survivor gives up garment work
Associated Press | Monday May 13, 2013
The 19-year-old seamstress who spent 17 days trapped in the rubble of a collapsed factory building said on Monday that she will never again work in a Bangladesh garment factory.
Bangladesh collapse search over; death toll is 1,127
Associated Press | Monday May 13, 2013
Nearly three weeks after a Bangladesh garment-factory building collapsed, the search for the dead ended Monday at the site of the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The death toll: 1,127.
Bangladesh army to end search for disaster bodies
Agence France-Presse | Monday May 13, 2013
Bangladesh's army announced today that it was wrapping up its search for bodies following last month's collapse of a garment factory complex, saying that it now believed a total of 1,127 people were killed.
After tragedy, Bangladesh government plans to raise pay for garment workers
Associated Press | Monday May 13, 2013
Bangladesh's government plans to raise the minimum wage for garment workers after the deaths of more than 1,100 people in the collapse of a factory building focused attention on the textile industry's dismal pay and hazardous working conditions.
Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wages
Agence France-Presse | Sunday May 12, 2013
Bangladesh has set up a panel to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers, a minister said on Sunday, as tens of thousands protested over poor conditions highlighted by a series of disasters.
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