LAHORE: Hopes of finding more survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Pakistani factory were fading as darkness fell Thursday, with rescuers warning the death toll would likely rise as they dig further down through the debris.
MUNICH: German sporting goods maker Adidas aims to open its first fully automated shoe factory in Germany next year, part of an effort to bring manufacturing back closer to its consumers in more affluent countries.
DHAKA: A stampede during a charity handout in Bangladesh left at least 23 people dead on Friday as hundreds of desperately poor people tried to get their hands on free clothing, police said.
BEIJING: Eleven people died after a shoe factory collapsed in eastern China, state media reported Sunday, with more than 40 escaping on their own or being rescued.
KARACHI: Fire broke out in a chemical factory here in Karachi on Friday morning was extinguished by fire tenders after several hours struggle, ARY News reports.
DHAKA: Some 220 garment factories have shut down in Bangladesh with the loss of up to 150,000 jobs after the collapse of Rana Plaza shone a light on unsafe working conditions in the ready-to-wear industry, triggering a wave of inspections, according to a report on Saturday.
BEIJING: Almost 30,000 people living near a Chinese chemical plant where a huge fire blazed for a total of nearly 50 hours were evacuated before the flames were finally extinguished Thursday, media said.
KARACHI: The law enforcement agencies have caught a key accused, Abdul Rehman aka Bhola, in Baldia Town fire case who was trying to flee the country, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: Six fire tenders managed to extinguish a fire hours later which broke out in a factory in New Karachi industrial area on Tuesday, ARY News reported.
KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain expressed concern over the uncontrollable blaze that engulfed a factory in Karachi’s SITE area, ARY News reported.
XINJIANG: A fire at a carrot packaging factory in eastern China has killed at least 18 people, state news agency Xinhua reported on Monday, the latest disaster in a country with a poor record on work safety.
BEIJING: China's factory activity unexpectedly fell to a five-month low in October as firms fought slowing orders and rising costs in the cooling economy, reinforcing views that the country's growth outlook is hazy at best.