air quality

air quality

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

How Bangladesh is failing its battle against air pollution

Dhaka’s air is gravely polluted. Given the rapid urbanisation as well as growing commercial activities, the air of the other major cities too is being polluted

Bangladesh’s air most polluted again

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

No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021

Dhaka City Photo: Collected

Dhaka had just 38 days of fresh air in six years: Study

Bangladesh needs to monitor transboundary air pollution: Jica

Bangladesh needs to monitor transboundary air pollution: Jica

Intrusion of stubble burning related pollutants into Delhi air was unlikely for the next two days, said SAFAR. (Hindustan Times)

Delhi’s air in ‘very poor’ category, projected to worsen to ‘severe’

Traffic moves on a flyover on a smoggy morning in New Delhi, India, November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Party's over: Diwali leaves Delhi wheezing in dangerously unhealthy air

Vehicles ply on a dust-filled road. File Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS

Can Dhaka improve its air quality?

Vehicles ply on a dust-filled road. File Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS

‘Elephant Road most, Mohammadpur least polluted areas in Dhaka’

A cyclist trying to escape the dust by covering his mouth. Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS

Asthmatic man given right to stay in France for air pollution risk in Bangladesh

Firefighters and excavators try to douse fire as smoke billows from burning garbage at the Ghazipur landfill site in New Delhi, India, November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Delhi's toxic air a perennial crisis of its own making

Photo: UNB

Dhaka ranks worst in air quality index

Lessons from the shutdown should be used for future air pollution control. Photo: Mumit M

Air quality of Dhaka: Lessons from Covid-19 shutdown