Pollution caused over 2.15 lakh premature deaths in Bangladesh in 2019, according to a new global study.

Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015 – countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.

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

Mahadev Rajbangshi (60) used to fish throughout the year in Bangshi river and used to make his living by selling fish.

“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.

Scientists have discovered microplastics in live human lungs for the first time.

National River Conservation Commission (NRCC) Chairman Dr Manjur Ahmed Chowdhury today said that all rivers surrounding the capital will be pollution-free before the next birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

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.

For the first time, microplastic contamination has been discovered in human blood, with scientists discovering the microscopic particles in nearly 80% of those examined, reports The Guardian.

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

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.

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.

Department of Environment (DoE) today disconnected power connections of four dying factories and two printing presses over the violation of the environment act in the capital.