Air Pollution in Bangladesh

FILE PHOTO: The World Health Organization logo is pictured at the entrance of the WHO building, in Geneva, Switzerland, December 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Bangladesh

Air pollution shortens life expectancy in Bangladesh by average 4.8 years: WHO

Bangladesh’s 166.4 million people live in areas where the annual average particulate pollution level exceeds the WHO guideline and 96.8 percent of the country’s population live in regions that don...

Only in the last week of June, the much-anticipated monsoon rain arrived in Dhaka. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

How excessive air pollution is impacting Dhaka’s rainfall pattern

A recent IIT-Delhi study found Kolkata to be the second cleanest city among the 11 metropolitan cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 concentration. Dhaka, as usual, came out as the worst. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, Rajib Dhar
Panorama

What Dhaka can learn from Kolkata on cleaning up its air

File photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Environment

No respite from air pollution during Eid holiday: Dhaka's air quality 2nd worst this morning

The traffic police are constantly exposed to Dhaka’s polluted air, which is primarily made up of black smoke from vehicles and dust from road construction work. Photo: Mehedi Hasan
Panorama

Dhaka's traffic police are on the front lines of air pollution. Are they okay?

Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Environment

More affordable sensors making it easier to detect air pollution

File photo of rain in Dhaka streets. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Despite rain, Dhaka’s air quality still ‘unhealthy’

Representational image of air pollution. Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Environment

Dhaka's air 'hazardous', worst in the world this morning

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Bangladesh

Dhaka’s air 'worst in the world' for 2nd consecutive day

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Corporates

Gulshan Society and Smart Air hosted a town hall on tackling air pollution

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Bangladesh

Dhaka's air quality 'worst in the world' for 2nd consecutive day of the new year

Photo: UNB
Environment

Dhaka's air 'hazardous'; worst in the world for 2nd consecutive day

Photo: UNB
Environment

Construction contributes 30% of Dhaka's air pollution: report