Pollution

US Science Envoy for Air Quality Dr Jamie Schauer speaks at an event on 16 January 2025. Photo: UNB
Environment

US Science Envoy stresses advanced air quality monitoring in Dhaka

With a score 0f 493, Dhaka topped the list of cities with most polluted air on 5 January. The picture was taken from Satmasjid Road. <a href ="https://www.tbsnews.net/author/md-tajul-islam" target="_blank">Md Tajul Islam</a>
Environment

Dhaka's air most polluted in the world this morning

Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Environment

Dhaka's air marks 'unhealthy' this morning

With a score 0f 493, Dhaka topped the list of cities with most polluted air on 5 January. The picture was taken from Satmasjid Road. <a href ="https://www.tbsnews.net/author/md-tajul-islam" target="_blank">Md Tajul Islam</a>
Environment

Dhaka's air quality ‘hazardous’ this morning

A 2021 study by the Chemistry Department of Dhaka University found that vehicles powered by fossil fuels account for 50% of the contributors to air pollution in Dhaka. Photo: TBS
Environment

Dhaka's air ‘very unhealthy’ this morning

Infograph: TBS
Thoughts

Breathing easier: Making clean air affordable for everyone

With an air quality index (AQI) score of 392 at 9am, Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities with the most polluted air. Photo: UNB
Environment

Dhaka ranks first on list of cities with most polluted air today

A child sits on a pile of plastic bottles while blowing bubbles. Photo: Nayem Ali
Environment

'Moment of truth' for world-first plastic pollution treaty

Former vice president Al Gore speaks during a session on Climate Trace, a database that monitors emissions, at the COP29 UN Climate Summit, Friday, 15 November 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. Photo: AP via UNB
World+Biz

COP29 reveals world's most polluting cities amid fossil fuel frustration

Traffic passes by on a road as the sky is enveloped with smog after Delhi's air quality was classified as "hazardous" amidst severe air pollution, in New Delhi, India, 14 November 2024. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

India's capital introduces stricter anti pollution measures as toxic smog hides Taj Mahal

Vehicles ride past on an expressway on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, October 31, 2024.Photo: REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
South Asia

India hands out fines to owners of polluting vehicles, building sites

Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed
Bangladesh

250 untreated sewage connections polluting Buriganga

Dark clouds hang over the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Environment

Air pollution declined in Europe and China in 2023: UN