Rising air pollution forces residents to rethink the safety of outdoor acitivities

A new World Bank report has ranked Bangladesh as South Asia’s worst-hit country by air pollution, with 100 percent of schoolchildren in Dhaka and nearby areas exposed to unsafe levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5).

The High Court yesterday further directed the government to implement its nine directives to curb air pollution in Dhaka and submit a compliance report to the court within three weeks.

Over 30,000 deaths directly attributed to fossil fuels

Over 271,000 people in Bangladesh died from air pollution-related causes in 2023, according to a new global report.

With the dry season approaching, Dhaka city’s air quality has once again slipped to an unhealthy level, underscoring the inadequacy of the limited measures taken by the authorities to curb air pollution.

In Bangladesh alone, over 19,000 children under five died in 2021 due to air pollution

Air pollution is cutting Bangladeshis’ average life expectancy by 5.5 years, making it the country’s deadliest external health risk, according to a report published yesterday.

Today's air was classified as "unhealthy for sensitive groups", referring to a health threat.

Dhaka has ranked third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 162 this morning

The HC bench of Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque and Justice Aynun Nahar Siddiqua issued the rule after hearing a writ petition

Dhaka has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 173 at 9:05am today

Dhaka has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 304 at 09:04am today

The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh organised a mini marathon in the capital this morning, calling for stronger tobacco control laws to reduce preventable deaths

The air quality was classified as "very unhealthy" according to the AQI Index

The average concentration of PM2.5 particles -- the most harmful air pollutants -- in Dhaka is about 18 times higher than the global health standard, leaving millions of residents struggling for relief.

On January 14, a mobile court conducted a raid at Sangu Brickfield (SBM), the only brick kiln in Thanchi upazila and fined it Tk 100,000

Air pollution is responsible for 102,456 deaths annually in Bangladesh, as per a new study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).

Air pollution has become the biggest killer in Bangladesh, and it's not just some far-off statistic

Says Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air study