The harsh reality for the millions of people living in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is that every breath they take puts their health at risk. The city is at the top of the world's most polluted ...

Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 257 at 9:31am today (25 January). The air was classified as 'very ...

At 12 noon yesterday, Dhaka’s air quality was 3rd worst in the world. Only two Chinese cities – Wuhan and Chengdu – had ...

Every year, 102,456 persons, including 5,258 children in Bangladesh, die prematurely as a result of air pollution.

As a result of this exemption, the total tax burden on air purifier imports has been reduced from 58.60% to 31.50% ...

Air pollution is directly responsible for 102,456 deaths in Bangladesh annually. That's more than the total number of fatalities caused by road accidents or diseases.

The barren landscapes Eliot wrote about seemed to echo Dhaka’s ecological and cultural disconnect, creating an overwhelming ...

Expressing serious concern over the current levels of air pollution in Dhaka, the High Court yesterday ... said speakers in a webinar. Gazipur has the most polluted air out of 64 districts in ...

The air is thick with smoke as towering clouds ... posing a serious threat to public health. In November 2021, Ghazipur emitted an astonishing 156 tonnes of methane per hour. The ongoing pollution ...

Under the Air Pollution Control Rules, 2022, four mobile courts were conducted in Mugda, Dhanmondi, Shah Ali (Dhaka) and Rangpur. Mobile courts filed eight cases and fined Taka 92,000. Besides, five ...

Sukhbir Singh, a 63-year-old resident who has been living next to the Ghazipur landfill for more than four decades, shared that he has developed respiratory problems due to the pollution and poor ...

Shiva Kumar , a resident of Ghazipur, said the impact of the landfill on health is undeniable. "People here fall sick, but many don't even realise it's because of the landfill's pollution.