Apr 25 Watch News Wrap: Death Toll Rises to More Than 230 in Bangladesh Factory Disaster In other news Thursday, the death toll from a collapsed garment building in Bangladesh rose above 230 people. Officials say some 2,000 people survived. An unknown number of people are still trapped. Also, hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch News Wrap: At Least 87 Dead After Building Collapses in Bangladesh In other news Wednesday, at least 87 garment workers died in Bangladesh when an eight-story building collapsed. Also, Michael Huerta, the head of the FAA, went before Congress to defend furloughs of almost 13,000 air traffic controllers. Huerta says the… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Making Work Safety a Priority in Clothing Industry in Pakistan and Bangladesh Making Work Safety a Priority in Clothing Industry in Pakistan and Bangladesh… Continue watching
Dec 07 Bangladesh Factory Where Fire Killed 112 Had Been Ruled Unsafe By Production DA The eight-story garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, where a fire killed more than 100 people and injured dozens more in the deadliest workplace catastrophe to hit the country in years, had lost its fire safety certification several months… Continue reading
Dec 16 The Daily Frame Bangladeshis hold up caricatures of war criminals during a rally Friday to mark the country's 40th Victory Day in Dhaka. Continue reading
Aug 09 Global Rise in C-Sections Troubles Experts By Talea Miller C-section rates are skyrocketing in some of the world's poorest countries for reasons that may have little to do with the health of the mother or the child. Continue reading
Jun 15 In Many Countries, Cancer Patients Face Stigma, Misperceptions By Beat Beat A growing body of research looks at perceptions of cancer and the stigma for patients, both self-inflicted and from their communities. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch As Bangladesh's Population Grows, Slum Dwellers Struggle For Clean Water Access Special correspondent Steve Sapienza reports on an innovative approach for getting water to slum dwellers in Bangladesh. The report is the latest in a series on global population issues in collaboration with National Geographic magazine and the Pulitzer Center on… Continue watching
Mar 08 Conflict over Bangladeshi Micro-lender is 'Political', Some Say By Larisa Epatko A Bangladeshi court has upheld the removal of Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the micro-lending Grameen Bank he founded, in a move his supporters are calling politically motivated. Continue reading
Sep 08 Rise of a Megacity: Bangladesh's Dhaka Sees Population Boom By Larisa Epatko Nearly 500,000 migrants flow into Dhaka, Bangladesh, each year, leaving the countryside to try to make a living in the big city. By 2025, the United Nations estimates Dhaka will grow to about 20 million, rivaling Mexico City, Beijing and… Continue reading