| CNN.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. | Manufacturing costs in Bangladesh vs. U.S. | | The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Bangladesh last week, which killed more than 400 workers, has highlighted serious issues with safety and poor pay for garment workers in the country. As our graphic illustrates, there are stark contrasts in the cost of making clothes in Bangladesh, compared to the U.S. |
| PM: Reforms coming | | Bangladesh's prime minister acknowledged Thursday that her nation's garment industry is beset with problems, but said her government is moving rapidly to fix them. |
| A heart breaks twice | | Laura Sherburne had planned to volunteer at the Boston Marathon. Instead, she took a fellowship in Dhaka. |
| Opinion: Blood on our cheap clothes | | For workers of Bangladesh, the worst kind of tragedy imaginable struck last week when the Rana Plaza garment factory building -- just outside my home city of Dhaka -- collapsed, killing more than 400 workers. Despite the many warnings of dangerous cracks in the walls reported to supervisors, police and the media earlier in the week, thousands were still sent to work on Wednesday to proceed with business as usual. |
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