One report said as many as 300 factories had closed in the Ashulia industrial area near Dhaka.
On Sunday, crowds of protesters blocked main roads, isolating Dhaka from other parts of the country.
Instead, they got off the plane in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in South Asia, almost 7, 000 miles away.
Like many families they moved from the countryside to Dhaka in the hope of finding work.
They would be found enjoying a lunch of Coca-Cola and curry in a popular Dhaka restaurant.
As the sun rises he comes here, to the center of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka.
Doctors at two Dhaka hospitals say about 20 people are still being treated for serious injuries.
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Just south of the bazaar lies the Barakatra, once the tallest structure in Dhaka.
The BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan in Dhaka says there has been an unusual outpouring of feeling.
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Local reports suggest around 50 people were injured in Serajganj, 150km (95 miles) north-west of Dhaka.
Cook's last substantial innings came against Bangladesh in Dhaka, when he hit an unbeaten 109.
And in 2005, more than 60 people died when an illegally-constructed garment factory collapsed near Dhaka.
This is the second disaster to strike a poorly built accommodation block in Dhaka this week.
Police and hundreds of activists fought pitched battles in Dhaka's main commercial district on Monday.
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High Commissioner for Refugees and human rights groups have urged Dhaka to open the border.
New hotels are springing up in a variety of destinations, such as Baku, Colombo and Dhaka.
After landing in Dhaka, the airline flew the couple to Dakar via Istanbul, about a six-hour trip.
And in 2005, more than 60 people died when an illegally constructed garment factory collapsed near Dhaka.
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"Sometimes supervisors cheat us over wages, " said Sakina Begum, a seamstress in the Mirpur suburb of Dhaka.
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In 2005, the collapse of the Spectrum sweater factory in Dhaka killed 64 people and injured 80.
Boat accidents of this nature are not uncommon in Bangladesh, says the BBC's Anbarasan Ethirajan in Dhaka.
It is not yet clear if the mutineers at other bases outside Dhaka have also given up.
In 2006, at least 15 people dead and 50 injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Dhaka.
Dhaka police said some people had been killed jumping from the 11-storey building to escape the flames.
The youngest of 13 siblings, Abdul grew up in Magura, a small town 100 miles from Dhaka.
The fire at the Tazreen Fashions plant outside the capital, Dhaka, killed more than 100 people last weekend.
The couple said they planned to take their two children and return to their hometown, southwest of Dhaka.
Deputy chief of Dhaka police Shyami Mukherjee said the two were accused of causing "death due to negligence".
In 2006, at least 15 people died and 50 were injured when a five-storey building collapsed in Dhaka.
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Mahmudur Rahman of the Bengali-language Amar Desh newspaper was arrested during a raid on his office in Dhaka.
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