Khulna city is grappling with an escalating dust pollution crisis, exacerbated by ongoing development projects, poor environmental management, and unregulated industrial expansion.
Three-year-old Anisha Anju was struggling to breathe in the pneumonia ward of Dhaka Shishu Hospital and Institute.
Our city’s air quality has reached such hazardous levels that stepping outside is now equivalent to puffing on 22 cigarettes a day.
For public information, air quality data is regularly updated on the Department of Environment's website.
Today's air was classified as "very unhealthy" and such air quality continued for the past few days
Tops global list for worst air quality with 'hazardous' AQI
Dhaka's air continues to be unhealthy as it ranked 3rd on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 164 at 8:59am this morning
Almost 60,000 vehicles and more than 7,500 building sites were fined
Shortens lives in Gazipur, Narsingdi by over 6 years
Dhaka has topped the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality this morning
As residents of Dhaka city remain exposed to high levels of air pollution, some government actions are worsening the problem and putting people’s lives at risk.
The government can no longer ignore this growing health hazard.
Dhaka's air quality has been categorised as 'unhealthy' this morning
Md Ziaul Haque, the director of Air Quality Management at the Department of Environment, talks with Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star about the factors behind severe air pollution in the country and why concerted efforts are needed from all ministries and government agencies concerned to fight it.
A robust system for monitoring air quality needs to be established nationwide.
How long before the government actually does something to curb air pollution?
Dhaka's air quality was ranked second worst in the world this morning
Bangladesh tops list of nations with highest average of particulate matter
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