Loblaw sending reps to Bangladesh; Canadian retailers to hold urgent meeting
TORONTO – Loblaw Inc. is sending senior company officials to Bangladesh in the wake a building collapse that killed hundreds of garment factory workers where some Joe Fresh clothes were made. Canadian...
View ArticleLoblaw to compensate Bangladesh collapse victims
TORONTO – Loblaw Inc. says it will provide compensation for the families of victims who worked at the collapsed Bangladeshi garment factory that made products for its Joe Fresh clothing line. The...
View ArticleProtesters in Toronto call for worker safety agreement for Bangladesh workers
Protesters congregated outside Toronto Walmart and Gap stores calling for the companies to sign an accord for Bangladesh worker safety. The protests this weekend come in the wake of a factory collapse...
View ArticleCanadian mission in Bangladesh to close Sunday: Foreign Ministry spokesman
Canada announced it was closing its embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday, tightening security amid a widespread terrorism and travel alert triggered by the U.S. A spokesman for Canada’s Foreign...
View ArticleUN chief raises alarm over Rohingya in speech before Suu Kyi
The United Nations chief expressed alarm over the plight of Rohingya Muslims in remarks before Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi and other leaders from a Southeast Asian bloc that has refused to criticize her...
View ArticleStudent protests surge in Bangladesh capital
Thousands of angry young people took to the streets of Bangladesh’s capital again Sunday to demand safer streets, facing police firing tear gas and pro-government activists who attacked them with...
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