Today’s air was classified as 'hazardous', referring to an alarming health risk to residents, according to the AQI index ...

Coal is responsible for approximately 24.6 deaths per TWh (terawatt hour) due to air pollution and occupational hazards.

Today’s air was classified as 'very unhealthy', referring to a serious health risk to residents, according to the AQI index ...

The harsh reality for the millions of people living in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, is that every breath they take puts their health at risk. The city is at the top of the world's most polluted ...

This initiative comes at a time when worsening air quality in Bangladesh ... of the five-year Phase 1 of the Bangladesh Clean Air Project (BCAP). Phase 2 of BCAP will focus on the transport sector, ...

Air quality in the KMC is expected to remain poor throughout the week because of pollution trapped in the atmosphere. There are currently high levels of PM2.5 — particulate matter with a ...

The AQI in Bangladesh is based on five pollutants: particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and ozone. Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues. Its air quality usually ...