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A Bangladeshi woman cries after failed attempts on finding her missing daughter at a makeshift morgue in Savar, near Dhaka, Thursday, May 9, 2013, after the collapse of a garment factory building. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Fire kills 8 in second Bangladesh factory disaster

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Bangladeshi people search for their belongings after the clashes between police and Islamic hardliners during a protest in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, May 6, 2013. At least 15 people died in clashes in Bangladesh Monday between police and Islamic hardliners demanding that Bangladesh implement an anti-blasphemy law, police said. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

Islamic protests with police leave 15 dead in Bangladesh

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A woman is comforted as she grieves after identifying the body of her daughter, a victim of the garment factory collapse, on Sunday, May 5, 2013, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Death toll tops 600 in Bangladesh building collapse

By Farid Hossain - Associated Press

Mohammed Sohel Rana (center), the fugitive owner of an illegally constructed building that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, reacts as he is produced before the media in Dhaka, Bangladesh, the capital, on Sunday, April 28, 2013. Mr. Rana was arrested near the border in Benapole, in western Bangladesh, just as he was about to flee into India's West Bengal state, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak, junior minister for local government. (AP Photo/Palash Khan)

Owner of collapsed Bangladesh building arrested on Indian border

By Chris Blake and Julhas Alam - Associated Press

A man who was trapped in an eight-story building housing several garment factories is rescued after the structure collapsed in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The building collapsed near Bangladesh's capital Wednesday morning, killing dozens of people and trapping many more in the rubble, officials said. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)

Dozens dead, hundreds injured, as Bangladesh building collapses

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Responding to Begum Khaleda Zia: Bangladesh Ambassador’s rejoinder

Counterpoint on Bangladesh’s democracy

The Washington Times

Illustration by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times

ZIA: The thankless role in saving democracy in Bangladesh

By Begum Khaleda Zia

** FILE ** Droplets of rain cover the handle of a shopping cart outside a Wal-Mart store. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

Wal-Mart alerts overseas suppliers about new rules

By Anne D’Innocenzio - Associated Press

**FILE** Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs during the opening day of the Paleo Festival in Nyon, Switzerland, on July 19, 2005. (Associated Press/Keystone, Sandro Campardo)

Ravi Shankar: Indian sitar virtuoso dies at 92

By Muneeza Naqvi and Ravi Nessman - Associated Press

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

By HILLEL ITALIE - Associated Press

Indian sitar virtuouso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

By MUNEEZA NAQVI - Associated Press

Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92

By MUNEEZA NAQVI - Associated Press

**FILE** Hundreds of Bangladeshi mourners watch Nov. 27, 2012, as the bodies of victims of a fire in a garment factory are buried in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The factory did not have any fire exits for its 1,400 workers, many of whom became trapped by the blaze. Investigators said the death toll would have been far lower if there had been even a single emergency exit. (Associated Press)

Dhaka factory lost fire certification

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Nov. 10, 2012, Muslims distribute items to refugees at Sin Thet Maw relief camp in Pauktaw township, Rakhine state, western Myanmar. Myanmar’s government has launched a major operation aimed at verifying the citizenship of Muslims in western Rakhine state, the coastal territory that has been torn apart by Buddhist-Muslim violence since June. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)

Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship

By Todd Pitman - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, file photo, boxes of garments lay near equipment charred in the fire that killed 112 workers Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions Ltd. factory, on the outskirts of Dhaha, Bangladesh. The horrific fire that killed 112 people, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012, has put the spotlight back on those factory workers and their sometimes treacherous work environment. (AP Photo/Ashraful Alam Tito, File)

Shoppers’ habits not changed by garment plant fire

By Scott Mayerowitz - Associated Press

A Bangladeshi man, right, reacts as he looks for his son's body outside a garment factory where a fire killed more than 110 people Saturday on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo)

Fire highlights harsh lives of Bangladesh workers

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

People console a woman whose relative was killed in a fire at a factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Sunday. Relatives were frantically looking for loved ones. (Associated Press)

More than 100 killed in fire at garment factory in Bangladesh

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

**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)

112 people killed in fire at Bangladesh garment factory

By Julhas Alam - Associated Press

Internet rolls into Bangladesh villages on a bike

By FARID HOSSAIN - Associated Press