Dhaka’s air is once again the world’s most polluted.

Dhaka ranked second in the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world this afternoon.

Dhaka continues to gasp for fresh air as the city ranks the fourth most polluted city. Dhaka’s air quality index (AQI) score was recorded at 197 at 10am yesterday, which is considered “unhealthy”.

Smoke from cooking stoves that burn coal, wood, dung, and crop residues caused the deaths of almost 18,000 people in Bangladesh in 2017, according to a global study. 

Delhi shut down schools until further notice, urged people to work from home and banned non-essential trucks from entering the Indian capital due to dangerous levels of air pollution.

The morning after Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, residents of New Delhi woke up under a blanket of toxic smog and breathed in the most dangerously polluted air of the year so far, after revellers, as usual, defied a fireworks ban.

Dhaka was ranked second in the list of cities with the worst air quality. The city’s air quality index (AQI) was recorded at 159 around 9:15am yesterday, which is considered “unhealthy”.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday issued its first air quality guidelines since 2005 aimed at reducing deaths from key pollutants that cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases.

When it comes to air pollution, Dhaka continues to be one of the most polluted cities in the world. But what about the other areas of the country?

Dhaka residents could live 7.7 years longer if air pollution subsides, found a recent global study.

Exposure to air pollution is linked to an increased severity of mental illness, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Psychiatry.

India installed its first smog tower in New Delhi's Connaught Place today. The tower will purify 1,000 cubic meters of air per second within a radius of around 1 km.

Dhaka’s air saw significant fall in pollution level during the three days following Eid-ul-Azha.

Department of Environment (DoE) demolished 16 factories that were illegally recycling lead and aluminium and jailed 13 people in this connection at Konapara of Demra in the capital. 

The current pipeline of projects in development could remove only around 150 million, well short of what's needed, the report said.

Air quality of Bangladesh was the worst in the world, while its capital Dhaka was the second most air polluted city in 2020, said a global report.

Expressing grave concern over the air pollution level in Dhaka, the High Court yesterday issued directives to three authorities concerned to ensure spraying of water on city streets on a regular basis.

In a rare case, a Bangladeshi man with asthma has prevented a deportation bid by the French authorities, arguing that he risked a severe deterioration in his condition, and possibly premature death, due to the dangerous levels of pollution in Bangladesh.

Hundreds of villagers near Barapukuria 250MW coal-fired power plant in Parbatipur upazila at a human chain yesterday protested the environment pollution and its adverse impact on the locals due to pumping out of huge underground water and release of toxic fly ash generated by the plant.

The Gonojagoron Mancha rejects the verdict handed for February 2013 murder of blogger Rajib Haider and called for protests.