Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
While air quality is being discussed in March, two international research reports on the country's air pollution situation were published in the same month. Both their findings highlight the critical state of pollution in the country. Meanwhile, IQAir's 'World Air Quality Report 2023' published on March 19 said Bangladesh as a country was on top […]
Only Australia, Estonia, Finland, Grenada, Iceland, Mauritius and New Zealand met WHO's standards in 2023. The IQAir report was based on data from more than 30,000 monitoring stations in 134 countries and territories. Chad, the world's most polluted country in 2022, was left out of the 2023 list due to data issues. Iran and Sudan […]
This morning, according to the Air Quality Index (AQI), the air quality of Dhaka is one of the seventh most polluted cities in the world. According to the UNB report, the air quality in Dhaka was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, recording an AQI score of 130 at 8:35 am. Leading the list were […]
An AQI between 51 and 100 is considered ‘moderate’, between 101 and 150 is considered ‘unhealthy’, and between 201 and 300 is said to be ‘very unhealthy’, while a reading of 301+ is considered ‘very unhealthy’. considered ‘dangerous’, which creates a serious situation. Health risk to residents. In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five […]
An AQI between 101 and 200 is considered “unhealthy”, especially for sensitive groups. Similarly, an AQI between 201 and 300 is called “poor”, while a reading of 301 to 400 is considered “hazardous”, posing a serious health risk to residents. AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, is used by government agencies to tell […]
An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered “unhealthy”, while between 201 and 300 is considered “very unhealthy”, and 301–400 is considered “hazardous”, depending on the health of people living in the affected area. poses a serious health risk. In Bangladesh, the AQI is based on five criteria pollutants – particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), […]
challenges of merger Analysts say Wilson’s staggering turnaround plans will be severely tested as Air India executes the twin mergers. Airline mergers in India have had little success, with Air India still reeling from the ill-fated integration of Indian Airlines in 2007. The takeover of Sahara by Jet Airways and the merger of Kingfisher with […]
Dhaka’s air quality is once again in the ‘unhealthy’ category. With an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 180 at 9.08 am on Wednesday, the Bangladesh capital ranked third in the list of cities with the worst air quality across the world, UNB reported. Pakistan’s Lahore and Thailand’s Chiang Mai occupied the first and second […]
Dhaka has been grappling with the problem of air pollution for a long time. Its air quality usually turns unhealthy in winters and improves during monsoons. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide each year, primarily through increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary […]
