Sima Bhowmik

China hosted back-to-back visits this week with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. More and more…

Bangladeshi police say the death toll from the collapse of a building housing five garment factories has passed 800 and continues to climb.Sima Bhowmik, a…

Police in Bangladesh say the death toll from a building collapse last week has passed 400.The eight-story Rana Plaza building housing five garment…

One way Western brands have responded to consumer concerns about unsafe working conditions in foreign countries is to create an elaborate system of independent auditors. Despite that, incidents still happen. Last week a building collapse in Bangladesh killed more than 400 people.

Sima Bhowmik, a journalist with ABC radio in Bangladesh, is working at KGOU for several weeks as part of a U.S. State Dept. program. She is following the…