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 […]
prothom hello , Bangladesh's ranking in air pollution is not improving. This time also Bangladesh remained on top in the air pollution index of major cities of the world. Why is the situation not improving? page tarek: More or less we all know why the situation is not improving. No one wants to take effective […]
However, IQAir rated the air quality here as 'unhealthy' with a score of 152. Around 8:30 am, Dhaka was ranked 11th among cities with poor air quality. India's New Delhi stood first in this list with 273 points. According to IQAir, particulate matter (PM2.5) is the major source of air pollution in Dhaka as its […]
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 […]
Today, Pakistan’s Lahore ranks second in air pollution, while India’s New Delhi ranks third with 218 and 183 points respectively. This air pollution data is regularly disseminated by Switzerland-based organization IQAir. The organization provides a live or instant Air Quality Index (AQI) based on air quality, which provides information and alerts to people about the […]
Experts said digging of roads, construction of infrastructure without following rules, movement of unfit vehicles, burning of garbage, irregular sprinkling of water on roads, black smoke from brick kilns etc. are responsible for air pollution in Dhaka. Professor Kamruzzaman said that every day in Dhaka city, garbage is burnt at an average of 50 places […]
He said, “If we can leave Dhaka, we will get relief. We cannot bear the pain of our son.” The new year started on Monday. That day Dhaka was the most polluted city among 109 cities in the world. Even on Tuesday, Dhaka was at the top. According to information from Switzerland-based organization IQA, Dhaka’s […]
lack of political will Haryana Agriculture Officer Ajay Singh Rana said the number of fields burning stubble in Karnal has come down from 270 last year to 96 so far this year. He said that fine has been imposed in 73 cases. While the burning continued, Sharma’s uncle, Mukhi Ram Sharma, said he was mostly […]
“Using cutting-edge geospatial analytical techniques, we were able to confirm, for the first time, a strong nationwide association between incident Parkinson’s disease and fine particulate matter in the US” The study also found that the association between air pollution and Parkinson’s disease is not the same in every part of the country, and varies in […]
With an AQI of 182 at 8:55 am today, Dhaka tops the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality for the second consecutive day. The air was classified as ‘unhealthy’. An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered ‘unhealthy’, while 201-300 is considered ‘very unhealthy’, and 301+ is considered ‘hazardous’, posing […]
The current PM2.5 national standard in Bangladesh is 15 µg/m³. If the country’s pollution concentrations met this national standard, it would add 5.8 years to the life of the average Bangladeshi citizen. The availability of reliable, timely and ready-to-use data on air pollution is one area where Bangladesh can make significant improvements.3 According to OpenAQ’s […]
As per the UNB report, Dhaka’s air quality remained in the ‘moderate’ zone this morning. With an Air Quality Index (AQI) score of 95 at 9:10 am, Dhaka ranks 10th in the list of cities with the worst air quality worldwide. Kuwait’s Kuwait City, Indonesia’s Jakarta, Iraq’s Baghdad and Qatar’s Doha occupied the first four […]
