Several thousand Bangladeshi garment workers have lost their jobs after their factory was discovered with serious safety problems and shut down… The team of experts ordered the evacuation of…housing clothing firms Softex and Fame Knitting…Softex, a sweater maker and a supplier to French retailer Auchan, shut down immediately...Bangladesh…world's second biggest clothing manufacturer…is the mainstay of the impoverished South Asian nation's economy…The factory was the first to close following the mass inspections organised by dozens of Western retailers such as H&M and Benetton…the retailers agreed to bankroll the safety inspections and loan the money for upgrades.