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• Bangladesh garment workers still face abuse, danger despite reforms: Rights Group – Thomson Reuters Foundation. April 23, 2015

• Safety audit finds thousands of problems in Bangladesh garment factories – Agence France Presse. October 15, 2014
• Bangladesh police fire tear gas at garment workers on hunger strike: union official – Agence France Presse. August 8, 2014
• Bangladesh garment factories intimidate workers over unions: Group - Reuters. February 7, 2014
• Bangladesh ruling party wins after boycotted vote - Associated Press. January 6, 2014
• Australia's supply chains link directly to Bangladeshi workers' fates - Sydney Morning Herald. January 5, 2014
• At least 13 killed in Bangladesh election violence - Agence France Presse. January 5, 2014
• Bangladesh vote unlikely to stem wave of violence - Agence France Presse. January 4, 2014

• Bangladesh opposition leader under 'virtual house arrest' - Agence France Presse. December 26, 2013
• Violent protests grip Bangladesh after execution of Abdul Quader Molla - Sydney Morning Herald. December 15, 2013
• Bangladesh garment workers clash with police over wage hike - Agence France Presse. November 12, 2013
• Bangladesh arrests key opposition leaders, including ex-deputy prime minister - Agence France Presse. November 10, 2013
• Hundreds of Bangladeshi soldiers sentenced to death in mass verdict over mutiny - ABC Radio Australia. November 6, 2013
• Bangladesh Rana Plaza factory collapse victims still awaiting compensation: Survey - ABC Radio Australia. October 25, 2013
• Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets at protesting garment workers - Agence France Presse. September 23, 2013
• Garment workers demand pay rise in Bangladesh protest - Agence France Presse. September 22, 2013
• Bangladesh charges US-based rights group with contempt - Reuters. August 20, 2013
• One killed, 20 hurt in Bangladesh party protests - Associated Press. August 15, 2013
• Ex-party chief jailed for 90 years in Bangladesh - Associated Press. July 15, 2013
• For cost-crunching retailers, Bangladesh reigns supreme - Reuters. July 10, 2013
• Dreams turn bitter for Bangladeshi garment workers - Associated Press. June 17, 2013
• Bangladesh to allow unions for garment workers - Associated Press. May 13, 2013
• Bangladesh official: Disaster not 'really serious' - Associated Press. May 3, 2013
• Bangladeshis demand worker safety as toll tops 400 - Associated Press. May 1, 2013
• Bangladeshi garment workers strike - Agence France Presse. April 29, 2013
• Bangladesh owner is at nexus of politics, business - Associated Press. April 28, 2013
• Bangladeshi factory owners arrested after 300 dead - Agence France Presse. April 27, 2013
• Bargains for the West, disaster for Bangladesh - Sydney Morning Herald. April 26, 2013
• Owner forced workers into doomed factory - Sydney Morning Herald. April 25, 2013
• Bangladesh garment workers protest building tragedy - Agence France Presse. April 25, 2013
• 70 dead in Bangladesh garment factory collapse - Associated Press. April 24, 2013
• Islamist agitation fuels unrest in Bangladesh - Jakarta Post. April 17, 2013
• Bangladesh Islamists rally against atheist bloggers - Agence France Presse. April 6, 2013
• Bangladesh widens crackdown on atheist bloggers - Agence France Presse. March 27, 2013
• Bangladesh clashes over war crimes verdicts kill 52  - Agence France Presse. March 1, 2013
• Strike paralyzes Bangladesh ahead of war crimes verdict  - Agence France Presse. February 28, 2013
• Bangladeshis demand death for war crimes convict  - Associated Press. February 16, 2013
• Garment factory fire kills 7 in Bangladesh  - Associated Press. January 27, 2013
• Bangladesh fire victims' families wait for money  - Associated Press. January 25, 2013

• Riots, bombs in Bangladesh opposition-led strike - Associated Press. December 12, 2012
• Wal-Mart distances itself from Bangladesh fire - Associated Press. November 27, 2012
• Workers demand justice over 'deathtrap' fires - Sydney Morning Herald. November 27, 2012
• 112 killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory - Associated Press. November 25, 2012
• Bangladesh bans foreign charities helping Rohingya - Agence France Presse. August 2, 2012
• Bangladesh mutiny suspects tortured: Rights group - Agence France Presse. July 4, 2012
• Bangladesh's Hindu women fight for divorce rights - Agence France Presse. June 27, 2012
• 300 Bangladesh garment factories shut down after unrest - Agence France Presse. June 17, 2012
• Bangladesh student faces sedition charges over Facebook post - Agence France Presse. June 3, 2012
• Bangladesh denies bail to 33 opposition leaders - Associated Press. May 17, 2012
• Bangladesh widens opposition crackdown - Agence France Presse. May 1, 2012
• Bangladeshi police clash with striking protesters - Associated Press. April 23, 2012
• Opposition strike cripples Bangladesh's capital - Associated Press. April 22, 2012
• Bangladesh teachers arrested over 'blasphemous' drama - Agence France Presse. March 31, 2012

• Bangladesh wrestles with trials from '71 war - Associated Press. December 21, 2011
• Bangladeshi police fire teargas at protesters - Agence France Presse. December 4, 2011
• Bangladesh police 'death squad' under fire - Agence France Presse. September 13, 2011
• Bangladesh court opens first war crimes case - Agence France Presse. August 10, 2011
• Bangladesh police clash with Islamist protesters - Associated Press. July 10, 2011
• Violent strike shuts down Bangladesh - Agence France Presse. July 6, 2011
• Bangladesh moves to retain Islam as state religion - Associated Press. June 21, 2011
• Ruling puts Bangladesh's shipyards back in business - Agence France Presse. June 13, 2011
• Bangladeshi teens driving growth in outsourcing - Agence France Presse. June 12, 2011
• Bangladesh rejects rights group's criticism - Associated Press. May 11, 2011
• General strike cripples Bangladesh's main cities - Associated Press. April 4, 2011
• Police arrest opposition protesters in Bangladesh - Associated Press. February 7, 2011
• Bangladesh arrests clerics for whipping girl to death - Associated Press. February 3, 2011

• Three dead in Bangladesh garment wage protests - Agence France Presse. December 12, 2010
• Bangladesh paralysed by opposition strike - Agence France Presse. November 30, 2010
• Shops shut across Bangladesh in opposition strike - Associated Press. November 14, 2010
• Factories in Bangladesh warned on wage hike - Agence France Presse. November 1, 2010
• Bangladesh leads way with international crimes tribunal - Irrawaddy. September 4, 2010
• Dozens hurt in power outage protests in Bangladesh - Associated Press. August 11, 2010
• Dozens hurt in Bangladesh clash over wages - Reuters. July 31, 2010
• Bangladesh garment workers reject new wage rates - Associated Press. July 30, 2010
• Bangladesh Islamic party leaders face new charges - Associated Press. July 26, 2010
• New protests in Bangladesh garment factories - Agence France Presse. July 5, 2010
• Bangladesh hit by first strike since elections - Agence France Presse. June 27, 2010
• 'Arsenic in water poisoned 77 million Bangladeshis' - Agence France Presse. June 20, 2010
• Media watchdog condemns Bangladesh paper closure - Agence France Presse. June 3, 2010
• Rohingyas face grim future in Bangladesh - Associated Press. March 13, 2010
• Bangladesh pressures Rohingya after EU visit - Irrawaddy. February 22, 2010

• More than 1000 in Bangladesh charged over mutiny - Sydney Morning Herald. March 2, 2009