INQUIRER.net: Bangladesh textile bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy

INQUIRER.net Philippine News for Filipinos

Bangladesh textile bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy Apr 29th 2013, 23:34 DHAKA—Bangladeshi textile bosses pleaded Monday with Western clothing giants to keep doing business with them after nearly 400 people died in a factory collapse as hopes of finding more survivors faded.   Organizers of the mammoth rescue effort ordered in cranes on Monday to clear the ruins of what was once an eight-story factory compound before it caved in five days ago while some 3,000 textile workers were on shift.   As Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid her first visit to the tangle of concrete, the confirmed number of dead stood at 381.   But the toll is expected to shoot up now that heavy lifting equipment is being used. Rescuers had earlier be... Keep on reading: Bangladesh textile bosses plead to Western firms after tragedy Media files: Bangladesh-Building-Collapse.jpg (image/jpeg)

You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed, or manage all your subscriptions