Air pollution still remains one of the top-most challenges for Bangladesh. Dhaka has been ranked as the second most polluted city in the world.

Air pollution still remains one of the top-most challenges for Bangladesh. Capital city Dhaka has been ranked as the second most polluted city in the world.

You are vulnerable to toxic air even when you stay home. 

The air quality in Dhaka’s Shahbagh area is the worst, while Gulshan-2 has the worst level of noise pollution in the capital, finds a new study.

Some 314 illegal brick kilns out of total 411 in Dhaka and four other surrounding districts have been shut down since November last year to control the air pollution.

Chattogram division is at high risk of being one of the world’s largest carbon catastrophes once all the fossil fuel power plants – planned to be constructed in the division – come into operation, according to a joint study.

Dhaka’s air quality continued to be in the “moderate” zone yesterday, mainly owing to rains in different parts of the country.

Dhaka's air quality is back to being 'unhealthy', though it is no longer the world's most polluted.

Dhaka has seen a significant improvement in its air quality this week due to nor’westers, seasonal showers as well as fewer people on the city roads owing to Eid holidays.

Dhaka’s air quality continues to be “unhealthy”, though it is no longer the world’s most polluted city.

The High Court yesterday summoned the director general of Department of Environment and deputy commissioners of Dhaka and four other surrounding

“Dust is being generated due to construction and development work of both private and government agencies. However, it hasn’t reached an intolerable level,” said Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh.

For the last couple of weeks, Anowar Hossain, a resident of Sarafatganj Lane in Gandaria, has been suffering from nasal allergy. Anowar, who had no such problem earlier, started to face this issue after construction works for two establishments started in his area recently.

Bangladesh’s air quality has been the worst in the world for two years in a row -- a worrying development that will only become more acute if strict measures are not taken now such as specific legislation to check the menace.

People in Bangladesh every day inhale an alarming amount of black carbon, a particle not only harmful for human health but also responsible for global warming.

The air quality of Bangladesh remained the worst in the world for four years in a row, said a global report.

Air quality of Bangladesh was the worst in the world, while its capital, Dhaka, was the second most air polluted city in 2021, said a global report.

Dhaka’s air quality continues to be “unhealthy”, but the densely populated capital of Bangladesh is no longer the world’s most polluted city.

Bangladesh could bring down carbon dioxide emission by 12 percent by 2030 by introducing a carbon user fee on the energy sector as it strives to transition to a low-carbon economy and build climate resilience, said the International Monetary Fund.

Dhaka's air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 184 at 8:48am today, once again making the capital's air most polluted in the world.