May 24, 2013
Asian expatriate worker earnings are facing a squeeze as currency appreciation at home triggers higher wage demands across the Emirates. Read Article Exchange rates and inflation hit expat workers in the UAE
May 24, 2013
Kumudu Malani sends the Dh2,000 monthly salary she earns cleaning flats in Abu Dhabi straight home to Sri Lanka. But currency appreciation at home means the money she sends back is worth less than it was six months ago. Read Article Currency moves cause UAE expat workers to feel the pinch
May 20, 2013
The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities yesterday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country. Read Article Factory owner banned from leaving Bangladesh
May 17, 2013
Many of the Emirates' 700,000 expatriate Bangladeshis have been frantically calling home, concerned about the welfare of their families. Read Article UAE expats fear for loved ones in Bangladesh as Tropical Storm Mahasen hits
May 17, 2013
A storm surge did cause some flooding along the coast at high tide and thousands of rickety huts were destroyed by torrential rain and wind, but the devastation was not as bad as had been feared. Read Article Cyclone Mahasen buffets Bangladesh coast, six dead
May 16, 2013
Four people died as Mahasen hit Bangladesh's Patuakhali coast, officials say, as rain and strong winds also lash neighbouring Myanmar's northwest coast. Read Article Cyclone Mahasen slams into Bangladesh after mass evacuations
May 16, 2013
Retailers have claimed a victory in forcing the government of Bangladesh to concede to new rights and safeguards for factory workers after the factory disaster which claimed 1,100 lives. But it is hard to see how the proposals will change anything of significance. Read Article The sad truth of our reliance on low-cost manufacturing
May 15, 2013
Authorities in Myanmar struggled today to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that have been their home since ethnic and religious unrest last year. Read Article Myanmar authorities struggle to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
May 15, 2013
Thousands of mourners gather at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the 1,127 people who died in the worst tragedy in the history of the global garment industry. Read Article Bangladesh building collapse victims mourned as retailers back factory safety plan
May 14, 2013
A woman who spent 17 days trapped under rubble from the Bangladesh building collapse says she will never work in a factory again. Deborah Gembara reports. Watch Video Video: Bangladesh survivor says she will never work in a factory again
