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Dhaka, Aug 3 (EFE/EPA).- Textile factories in Bangladesh continued in operation Tuesday after authorities allowed export-oriented mills and factories to re-open from Sunday amid COVID-19 pandemic.Bangladesh imposed a 14-day nationwide lockdown from Jul. 23 through Aug. 5, in a bid to curb the spreading of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the country. (Camera: MONIRUL ALAM).SHOT LIST: WORKERS WARING FACE MASK WORK AT A TEXTILE FACTORY IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH.
Crowds of people gather outside the scene of a deadly fire which blazed through a seven-storey building in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka late Thursday, leaving at least 44 people dead. IMAGES
Bangladeshi garment workers demanding a hike in their minimum wage return to their shifts following a week of violent protests, with some 600 businesses which had remained shuttered as a result of the unrest beginning to reopen. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85 percent of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M. IMAGES
A nationwide strike call by the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party over the deadly violence on Saturday disrupts normal life in parts of the capital Dhaka. Many markets remain shuttered in the capital city and public transport is running thin in the bustling city following fresh incidents of arson, with riot police on high alert for signs of further violence. At least two people were killed on Saturday during the street demonstration by opposition parties to demand Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina step down to allow an interim government to oversee elections due by the end of January. IMAGES
Workers and emergency personnel clear the scene following a train crash in Bangladesh which killed at least 17 people and injured 100 others. The crash in the eastern city of Bhairab saw a freight train smash into a passenger train travelling in the opposite direction, derailing two passenger carriages. IMAGES
Demonstrators in Athens, Greece, stage fresh protests amid a 24-hour general strike to voice outrage over last month's train disaster, which claimed 57 lives. The February 28 tragedy has exposed decades of safety failings in Greek railways and has put major pressure on the conservative government ahead of national elections expected in May. IMAGES
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