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A Bangladeshi woman cries after identifying the body of her relative, victim of a capsized ferry in Manikganj district, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northwest of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Bangladesh ferry disaster: Death toll rises to at least 70

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

QADER: Extradite the assassin of Bangladesh’s founding father

By Akramul Qader

U. of Michigan: Licensees must follow safety pact

Associated Press

Lawsuit: Bangladesh consul general abused worker

Associated Press

President Obama, assisted by Gap employee Susan Panariello, uses a shopping trip to make his case for raising the national minimum wage. (Associated Press)

Despite Obama’s praise for higher pay, The Gap Inc. has spotty record on sweatshops

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Bloomberg’s $10M gift targets Bangladesh drownings

Associated Press

Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

CASACA: Bangladesh war crimes require justice

By Paulo Casaca

A Bangladeshi boy shouts slogans as he joins a rally with activists demanding the maximum penalty for war criminals in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2013. A special war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced to death two Bangladeshis now living abroad for crimes against humanity during the country's independence war against Pakistan in 1971. (AP Photo/Suvra Kanti Das)

Bangladesh sentences 2 men to death for war crimes

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Bangladeshi activists shout slogans and celebrate the verdict against Jamaat-e-Islami party leader Abdul Quader Mollah in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sept. 17, 2013. Bangladesh's Supreme Court sentenced Mollah to death for committing crimes against humanity during the nation's 1971 independence war against Pakistan. (Associated Press)

Bangladesh court issues death sentence in war crimes trial

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A bus goes up in flames in Bogra, some 120 kilometers (75 miles) north of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Aug. 1, 2013, after being set on fire by activists in Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party after the Bangladesh high court disqualified the party from taking part in the next general election. The High Court panel ruled that the country's largest Islamic party’s regulations violate the constitutional provision of secularism. (Associated Press)

Bangladesh court blocks Islamist movement from next elections

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

A Bangladeshi rescuer looks out from a hole cut in the concrete as he searches for survivors on Thursday, April 25, 2013, at the site of a building that collapsed the day before in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

U.S. retailers sign Bangladesh plan in wake of workplace disasters

By Annie Z. Yu - The Washington Times

Washington Times confirms authenticity of Bangaldesh op-ed

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** Bangladeshi firefighters battle a blaze at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late on Nov. 24, 2012. At least 112 people were killed, an official said. (Associated Press)

Labor Dept. sends $2.5M for Bangladesh factory fixes

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

Bangladeshis gather during a demonstration by garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the capital, on Monday, May 27, 2013, to demand better working conditions and an increase in pay. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)

Hard-line Islamic group gaining popularity in Bangladesh

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

Airline error drops fliers on wrong continent, 7,000 miles off course

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A Rohingya boy, center left, touches a face of a another boy as a truck leave a camp for displaced Rohingya people in Sittwe, northwestern Rakhine State, Myanmar, Thursday, May 16, 2013. Members of the displaced Rohingya minority started to evacuate for safer shelters ahead of the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Cyclone Mahasen fizzles as it hits Bangladesh

By Farid Hossain - Associated Press