By: Eastern Eye Staff
FOREIGN companies with nationals working in Bangladesh’s garment and building industries have suspended travel to the country and told workers there to stay at home after the deadly attack by militants on a restaurant in Dhaka last Friday (1). The hospitality sector is also seeing cancellations, hotels are tightening security and foreign embassies are looking at reducing staffing after the attack claimed the lives of nine Italians, seven Japanese, an American, an Indian and some Bangladeshi nationals. Fast Retailing Co, the Japanese owner of the Uniqlo casual-wear brand, said it would suspend all but critical travel to Bangladesh and had…
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