An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered "unhealthy," 201 and 300 "very unhealthy," and 301 to 400 is considered "hazardous," posing serious health risks to residents.

Iraq's Baghdad and Myanmar's Yangon occupied the second and third places with AQI of 238 and 193 respectively

China's Wuhan and Nepal's Kathmandu occupied the second and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 194 and 191

Premature births and babies born with low birth weight is on the rise in Dhaka city due to poor air quality, found a recent study

Myanmar's Yangon and India's Delhi occupied the first and third places with AQIs of 196 and 191 respectively

The High Court yesterday blasted all departments concerned of the government for their failure to curb air pollution in Dhaka despite its repeated directives.

The High Court today blasted all departments concerned of the government for their failure to curb air pollution in Dhaka despite repeated directives..“If effective steps were taken in compliance with our directives, then why the air pollution in the capital has been at or near the top of

India's Delhi and China's Beijing occupied the second and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 221 and 187

India's Delhi and Pakistan's Lahore occupied the first and second spots, with AQI scores of 244 and 235

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 335 at 9:10am, the capital ranked first in the list of world cities with the worst air quality

The court delivered the verdict after lifting its earlier order that in 2014 gave two years' time for relocating the brick kilns

Pakistan's Lahore and India's Delhi occupied the first and the third spots with AQI scores of 245 and 190 respectively

Pakistan's Lahore and Thailand's Chiang Mai occupied the first and second spots, with AQI scores of 243 and 187, respectively.

India's Delhi and Mumbai occupied the second and third spots in the list, with AQI scores of 251 and 220, respectively.

Long-term exposure to air pollution raises the risk of depression, according to a pair of new studies published in the JAMA network of scientific journals.

The High Court yesterday rebuked the Department of Environment for its inaction in curbing Dhaka’s air pollution despite repeated directives.

The High Court today rebuked and expressed severe annoyance at the Department of Environment for not taking any effective steps to curb air pollution in Dhaka despite repeated directives.

During the months of winter, our capital repeatedly makes it on the list of world cities with the most polluted air.

Dhaka has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 239 at 08:55am today..The air was classified as 'very unhealthy'.

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the "unhealthy" zone this morning.