The government must implement the 12 High Court directives to curb air pollution immediately, including spraying water on the roads and banning black smoke-emitting vehicles, demanded environmentalists.

The Department of Environment (DoE) has fined 10 establishments and 26 vehicles Tk 4.45 lakh through mobile court operations at five spots in Dhaka and its adjacent areas for polluting air.

Environment Minister Md Shahab Uddin yesterday directed the Department of Environment and other authorities concerned to start conducting special drives against air polluters today.

The High Court yesterday blasted the Department of Environment (DoE) for its failure in taking effective steps to control air pollution in Dhaka despite its repeated directives.

The High Court today wanted to know what steps were being taken to curb air pollution in Dhaka, as the capital has been at or near the top of most polluted cities in the world for the last one week.

Dhaka's air quality remained in the "very unhealthy" zone this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 215 at 11:30am, the capital of Bangladesh ranked second in the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality..India's Delhi and Pakistan's Lahore occupied the first and th

Dhaka's air quality is in the "very unhealthy" zone this morning..With an air quality index (AQI) score of 256 at 9:10am today, the capital of Bangladesh ranked second in the list of world cities with the worst air quality..An AQI between 151 and 200 is said to be "unhealthy," 201 an

Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the 'hazardous' zone this morning, posing serious health risks to residents of the densely populated capital of Bangladesh..With an air quality index (AQI) score of 372 at 8:50am today, Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities with the worst air..<

Dhaka once again topped the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality this morning..With an air quality index (AQI) score of 319 at 9:00am today (January 25, 2023), Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities with the worst air..An AQI between 151 and 200 is said to be

Dhaka ranked second in the list of world cities with the worst air quality as it registered an air quality index (AQI) score of 234 at 9:05am today, which puts the capital in the "very unhealthy" category

Dhaka once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality yesterday morning.

Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality this Friday morning.

Dhaka has once again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality this morning.

Dhaka's air has been ranked as the third most polluted city in the world with "very unhealthy" air quality this morning.

Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality.

Dhaka has topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality on Christmas morning.

Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality.

Four South Asian countries -- Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan -- have agreed to drastically bring down the annual average of particulate matter (PM) 2.5 in the countries’ air to 35 microgrammes per cubic metre by 2030.

Air pollution is killing around 80,000 people every year in Bangladesh by causing respiratory problems as well as depression, and wiping out around 4 percent of the country’s GDP, said a World Bank report yesterday.

Air pollution caused at least 78,145 deaths in Bangladesh in 2019 and also cost the country 3.9 to 4.4 percent of its GDP that year, says a World Bank report released today.