Bangaldesh Building Collapse

• European Union considers trade action after Bangladesh factory collapse

  The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, in order to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a building collapse killed hundreds of factory workers.

• Death toll in Bangladesh building collapse crosses 250, more than 40 rescued alive

  Employees at a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 251 people were told to work despite warnings it was unsafe, officials said on Thursday as an unknown number of the more than 3,000 workers remained trapped in the rubble.

• Bangladesh building collapse toll crosses 200, many still trapped

  Survivors from a garment factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing at least 228 people described on Thursday a deafening bang and tremors before the eight-floor building crashed down under them.

• Bangladesh building collapse toll touches 200

  Thousands of distraught relatives watched rescuers Thursday battle to find their loved ones in the rubble of a collapsed Bangladeshi garment factory compound as the toll climbed past 200.

• Bangladesh building collapse kills at least 70, hundreds injured

  At least 70 people were killed and several others feared dead today when an eight-storey commercial building collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital.