air quality

FILE PHOTO: Mosques are seen in a residential area, as smog covers high-rise buildings in the background, in Jakarta, Indonesia August 9, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo
World+Biz

Indonesia to start random emission tests as poor air chokes Jakarta

Indonesia's capital will force drivers to undergo emission tests and consider ordering half of its civil servants to work from home amid deteriorating air quality that has made Jakarta one of...

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Bangladesh

Continued rain keeps Dhaka's air quality 'moderate'

Downpour on an umbrella. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Thanks to rain, Dhaka's air quality 'moderate' this morning

People walk at 6th Avenue as haze and smoke caused by wildfires in Canada blanket New York City, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
USA

Millions breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south over US

People wear protective masks as the Roosevelt Island Tram crosses the East River while haze and smoke from the Canadian wildfires shroud the Manhattan skyline, June 7, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
USA

US East Coast blanketed in eerie veil of smoke from Canada fires

As Cyclone Mocha passes, Dhaka air 'moderate' this morning
Bangladesh

As Cyclone Mocha passes, Dhaka air 'moderate' this morning

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Bangladesh

After May Day holiday, Dhaka's air again world's most polluted this morning

A terrible blow to children's health 
Thoughts

A terrible blow to children's health 

Bangladesh's air quality improves in 2022: Survey
Bangladesh

Bangladesh's air quality improves in 2022: Survey

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

Efforts being made to improve country’s air quality, says minister

Plumes of smoke from brick kilns wear the air in the capital’s Amin Bazar. Bangladesh was recently ranked as having the world’s most polluted air. The photo was taken yesterday. Photo: MumitM/TBS
Bangladesh

How Bangladesh is failing its battle against air pollution

Bangladesh’s air most polluted again
Environment

Bangladesh’s air most polluted again

A woman crosses railway tracks as a goods train passes by, on a smoggy day in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
World+Biz

No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021