4d ago| Air pollution

'Dhaka air 3rd most polluted in the world today'

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

1w ago| Pollution

How can we stop the super-rich from polluting planet?

The fury came fast when makeup mogul Kylie Jenner posted a photograph last July of her and her boyfriend Travis Scott flanked by two private jets and captioned "you wanna take mine or yours?"

2w ago| Air pollution

Dhaka air most polluted in the world

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

Shut illegal brick kilns in Bogura, Tangail, Lalmonirhat and Thakurgaon immediately: HC

The High Court today (November 7, 2022) directed the government to stop operations of all illegal brick kilns in four districts -- Bogura, Tangail, Lalmonirhat, and Thakurgaon -- immediately in a bid to curb environment pollution and also asked them to submit compliance reports before it within two weeks.

Plastic pollution: Karnaphuli most defiled

Mismanaged plastic waste of the metropolis has turned the Karnaphuli, on whose banks the country’s key sea port is located, into the top plastic-digesting river.

Air more toxic than ever

Air quality of Bangladesh is now more deadly than before as concentration of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) saw a rise by 11.8 percent in the past 24 years from 1995 to 2019, reveals a study.

January 12, 2023
January 12, 2023

'Dhaka air 3rd most polluted in the world today'

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

January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023

How can we stop the super-rich from polluting planet?

The fury came fast when makeup mogul Kylie Jenner posted a photograph last July of her and her boyfriend Travis Scott flanked by two private jets and captioned "you wanna take mine or yours?"

December 31, 2022
December 31, 2022

Dhaka air most polluted in the world

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

December 25, 2022
December 25, 2022

Dhaka air ‘hazardous’, most polluted in the world on Christmas morning

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

December 23, 2022
December 23, 2022

Dhaka tops list of cities with most polluted air

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

December 17, 2022
December 17, 2022

Curbing deadly air pollution: 4 nations draw up roadmap

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.

December 5, 2022
December 5, 2022

Illnesses caused by air polution: The Invisible Killer

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.

December 4, 2022
December 4, 2022

Air pollution led to 78,145 deaths in Bangladesh in 2019

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.

December 3, 2022
December 3, 2022

Pollution control: WB to contribute $250m loan to project for big cities

The government has taken an initiative to set up four new vehicle inspection centres (VICs) to control emissions.

November 25, 2022
November 25, 2022

Air Quality Index: Dhaka ranks 4th worst again today

Dhaka's air quality continued to remain in the “unhealthy” zone this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 184 at 9:00am today, Dhaka ranked fourth among global cities with the worst air quality.