Bangladesh tops South Asia in air pollution
18 December 2025, 18:00 PM
Air pollution
Implement nine directives to stop Dhaka’s air pollution
30 October 2025, 18:00 PM
Air pollution
Bangladesh saw 2.25 lakh deaths from air pollution in 2022: Lancet report
29 October 2025, 14:40 PM
Environment
Over 2.7 lakh deaths linked to air pollution in 2023
22 October 2025, 00:00 AM
Air pollution
Dhaka air turns unhealthy even before dry season
21 October 2025, 18:07 PM
Air pollution
Eliminating polythene key solution to waterlogging
17 October 2025, 22:52 PM
Plastic pollution
Nearly two children die every hour in Bangladesh due to air pollution: study
16 October 2025, 01:31 AM
Air pollution
Pollution crisis puts children’s health at risk
28 September 2025, 00:59 AM
Pollution
Encroachment, waste dumping push Burai Beel to the brink
17 September 2025, 11:34 AM
Bangladesh
Bangladeshis losing 5.5 years to toxic air
28 August 2025, 18:10 PM
Air pollution
Pollution crisis puts children’s health at risk
Bangladesh is grappling with alarming levels of air and noise pollution and electronic waste, all of which pose serious health risks to children, experts cautioned at an event yesterday..They were speaking at the launch of a new handbook on Children’s Health and the Environment at CIRDAP i
28 September 2025, 00:59 AM
DNCC authority urges city dwellers not to throw garbage haphazardly
"I urge all of you not to throw wastages indiscriminately… You please keep your society clean," the DNCC Administrator Mohammad Azaz said
27 April 2025, 13:38 PM
Caught in toxic grip of a landfill
Soil, groundwater and air pollution poses serious health hazards to people around Amin Bazar landfill
11 April 2025, 18:34 PM
Shut down illegal brick kilns: HC
Expressing grave concern over environmental pollution, the High Court yesterday said the administration has failed to shut down all illegal brick kilns.
24 February 2025, 21:06 PM
Tangail forest: Two lead factories demolished
A mobile court in a drive yesterday destroyed two illegal lead processing factories set up in the forest area under Tangail’s Ghatail upazila.
27 January 2025, 18:04 PM
Save Habiganj from industrial pollution
Habiganj is facing a severe crisis caused by industrial pollution, which has severely impacted local communities and the environment.
3 January 2025, 19:55 PM
Dhaka’s air quality world's worst this morning
Today's air was classified as "unhealthy", according to the AQI index.
6 December 2024, 05:28 AM
India hands out fines to owners of polluting vehicles, building sites
Almost 60,000 vehicles and more than 7,500 building sites were fined
4 November 2024, 04:22 AM
What exactly is smog? Is it the reason the sky is hazy and grey today?
For now, the best we can do is wear masks when we're outside, and close our windows
16 October 2024, 11:15 AM
Dhaka’s air quality 2nd worst in the world this morning
Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 183 at 9:00am today
19 May 2024, 03:45 AM
Dhaka’s air quality 5th worst in the world this morning
Dhaka's air quality was categorised as “very unhealthy" this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 166 at 9:37 am, Dhaka ranked fifth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality
15 March 2024, 05:00 AM
HC directs to introduce alert system to warn people about air pollution
The High Court today directed the government to introduce an alert system for issuing urgent cautionary messages in order to save people from unhygienic, severe unhygienic and dangerous air pollution..The court also ordered the authorities concerned of the government to fix a time-bound ac
6 February 2024, 12:54 PM
Dhaka’s air ‘hazardous’; 2nd worst in the world this morning
As city dwellers are witnessing heavy traffic, Dhaka has ranked second on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality this morning
4 February 2024, 04:00 AM
Bangladesh Dumping ground for toxic ships
Out of 446 ships scrapped worldwide, 170 ended up in Chattogram beaches, making Bangladesh the biggest dumping yard for end-of-life vessels in the world last year.
1 February 2024, 18:00 PM
Factories dumping wastes in reserve forest
Raghunandan Hill Reserve Forest in Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj is facing a severe environmental crisis due to indiscriminate dumping of industrial waste.
16 November 2023, 18:00 PM
Curbing Lead Poisoning: ‘We must ensure public, private collaboration’
There must be collaborations between public and private organisations to regulate the use of lead and support safe practices to curb the menace, said speakers at an event yesterday.
22 October 2023, 18:00 PM
World inches step closer towards plastic pollution deal: UN
The world inched a step closer towards tackling plastic pollution, with the United Nations publishing the first draft of a binding treaty to tackle the scourge.
5 September 2023, 11:07 AM
Dhaka air quality 4th worst in the world this morning
Dhaka's air quality was marked as 'unhealthy for sensitive groups' this morning. With an air quality index (AQI) score of 109 at 9:04 am, Dhaka ranked 4th on the list of cities worldwide with worst air quality, according to IQAir.
26 August 2023, 05:58 AM
With moderate traffic, Dhaka's air quality also 'moderate' this morning
Dhaka's air quality continued to be in the "moderate" zone this morning, thanks to the torrential rain for the past few days and traffic yet to return to its usual form after Eid holidays.
2 July 2023, 06:29 AM
Dhaka's air quality ‘moderate’ thanks to less traffic
Dhaka's air quality was ‘moderate’ today morning due to less traffic on the 4th of the Eid-ul-Azha holidays that began on Tuesday.
30 June 2023, 06:16 AM