The death toll from a garment factory building that collapsed more than two weeks ago near the Bangladeshi capital has soared past 1,000, with no end in sight to the stream of bodies being pulled from the wreckage.

A fire at a sweater manufacturer killed eight people — including a senior police officer, a Bangladeshi politician, and a top clothing industry official — barely two weeks after the collapse of a building housing other garment factories where the death toll approached 1,000.

A fire tore through an 11-storey building housing a clothes factory and residential complex in Bangladesh's capital, killing at least eight people, including the owner.

Divers found 32 more bodies today to boost the death toll in a weekend ferry sinking to 114, as rescuers searched for dozens more people missing in a river near the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka.