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[email protected] Editorial: 4455 7741 | Advertising: 4455 7837 / 4455 7780 At least 110 killed in Historic COP 18 meet opens today OPINION Outlets must Bangladesh blaze ASHULIA, BANGLADESH: Qatar’s efforts to At least 110 people died when fire swept through a factory address climate in the worst-ever blaze to hit concerns issue receipts Bangladesh’s garment industry, officials said yesterday, as wit- ith nesses told of desperate work- Wrapid ers jumping from upper floors. economic Firefighters battled for sev- growth and in Arabic eral hours to contain the blaze, increasing which broke out on the ground population, floor of the nine-storey Tazreen Qatar is fac- Consumer protection laws issued Fashion plant 30km north of the ing great capital Dhaka late on Saturday. challenges Khalid Al Sayed DOHA: The Minister of bye-laws say dealers must pro- Survivors told how panicked in protecting EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Business and Trade has issued vide free after-sales service for staff, most of them women, tried the environ- executive regulations to help not less than three years. to escape the burning factory, ment while sustaining its nat- implement the Consumer The duration of warranty is to which made clothes for inter- ural resources. In a few years, Protection Law of 2008, making be decided according to the item national brands including the Qatar’s economy boomed and it mandatory for all retail and being sold or service being offered European chain C&A and the the country made a presence wholesale outlets to issue sales and it must be written in the con- Hong Kong-based Li & Fung Qatar and UN flags at the Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) on the global stage.