Dhaka's air was classified as "very unhealthy", according to the air quality and pollution city ranking
The air was classified as "very unhealthy", with such air quality persisting for the past few days, according to the Air Quality Index.
For public information, air quality data is regularly updated on the Department of Environment's website.
Dhaka has again topped the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality this morning
Today's air was classified as "very unhealthy" and such air quality continued for the past few days
Today's air was classified as "unhealthy", according to the AQI index.
Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
Dhaka has topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality on Christmas morning.
Dhaka has once again topped the list of world cities with the worst air quality.
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.
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.
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.
The government has taken an initiative to set up four new vehicle inspection centres (VICs) to control emissions.
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.
The European Union's environment watchdog has reported 238,000 premature deaths in the bloc in 2020 due to air pollution.
When it was announced that Coca-Cola would be a major sponsor of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, climate campaigners and activists quickly accused the company of greenwashing.
