Bangladesh

Child deaths decline globally, with more children living to age 5, UNICEF report finds

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — More of the world's children are surviving to their fifth birthday, but 6.3 million still died last year, mostly from preventable causes, the U.N. children's agency said Tuesday.

Al-Qaida to begin jihadist operations in India

By Andrew Troast

Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri released a video Thursday, proclaiming the establishment of a new branch of the terrorist organization in India.

Consumerism stirs age-old beauty biases in rural Bangladesh

By PBS News Hour

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Uneasy alliance in Bangladesh reveals complex social issues

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

A partnership with multinational corporations in Bangladesh reveals the complex social issues that underlie poverty and compromises anti-poverty activists must make to achieve growth and self-sustainability.

‘Long way to go’ in reform of Bangladesh’s garment industry since factory disaster

By PBS News Hour

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Questions linger a year after Bangladesh’s garment factory collapse

By Fred de Sam Lazaro

On the afternoon of April 23, 2013, workers at the Rana Plaza offices of BRAC Bank were concerned about recent cracks that had appeared in the walls of the building. Their manager ordered tellers to complete transactions they were working…

What we’re watching Sunday

By Kayla Ruble

PBS NewsHour is following the news of the day, from new Snowden revelations to empty seats in Sochi.

Another fire strikes a Bangladesh garment factory, 7 killed

PHOTO Huge fire at Bangladeshi factory kills 7 people in latest disaster to blight the country's garment industry pic.twitter.com/ZfmyAMZEPY— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) October 9, 2013…