One Dead, 100 Sick After Drinking Bangladesh Factory Supplied Water

A female worker died and scores of others allegedly fell sick after drinking water at their garment factory in Gazipur on the outskirts of Dhaka Saturday morning.

A police officer from Gazipur said, "We've come to know that a female worker died and some 100 workers were treated at various hospitals after the incident."

"The workers of Masstrade International Garments were sickened at their factory after drinking water," he said.

Quoting health officials, the police who preferred to be unnamed said most of the workers suffered from vomiting tendency while some of them complained of upset stomach.