Dhaka becomes most polluted city with AQI score of 304
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index score of 304 at about 09:00am on Saturday...
Tags : air
Ekushey book fair ends
The curtain fell on the month-long Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on Friday with a large crowd at the fair on the last day.
Afsana Begum brings two new literary works
Fiction writer Afsana Begum has brought two new literary works at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair...
Hasan Roni鈥檚 鈥楶herar Marshum鈥� hits book fair
Poet Hasan Roni鈥檚 debut collection of poems titled Pherar Marshum has hit the Amar Ekushey Book Fair...
Razu Alauddin brings four new books
Poet-essayist and translator Razu Alauddin鈥檚 four new literary works are available at the on-going Amar Ekushey Book Fair...
Twice-weekly newspaper that has caught on
Twice-weekly tabloid Sare 3 Diner Patrika, three and a half days鈥� newspaper, is what has drawn a number of readers to the stall of the same name in the Suhrawardy Udyan ground of Amar Ekushey book fair this year. The month-long fair ends today...
Taiwan detects 45 Chinese aircraft in 24 hours
Taiwan said on Thursday it detected 45 Chinese aircraft near the self-ruled island, the highest number this year and a tally that comes a day after Taipei condemned China鈥檚 鈥榣ive-fire鈥� drills off the south.
Dhaka becomes 2nd most polluted city on Thursday morning
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 192 at 9:25am on Thursday morning...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Sale, new titles on political issues rise
New titles on different political issues have risen significantly in the ongoing Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 on the back of readers鈥� interest, publishers said on Wednesday...
BCSIR鈥檚 Science and Industrial Technology Fair concludes
Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research concluded the three-day Science and Industrial Technology Fair-2025 on the BCSIR premises in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Dhaka again becomes 3rd most polluted city on Wednesday morning
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 217 at 8:40am on Wednesday morning...
LOCALS, BAF PERSONNEL CLASH: No case filed over death of youth
No case was filed till Tuesday night over Monday鈥檚 clash between Bangladesh Air Force personnel and locals reportedly over the construction of an airbase on Khas land in Samitipara area in Cox鈥檚 Bazar that left a man dead and scores of others injured...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: New titles on War of Independence drop
The number of new books on the War of Independence has dropped significantly at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
Search for doomed MH370 resumes 11 years after disappearance
A fresh search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been launched more than a decade after the plane went missing in one of aviation鈥檚 greatest enduring mysteries.
Stringent court action needed to make govt stop air pollution
THE High Court has rightly issued a warning against bureaucrats, noting that any negligence to protect the environment would entail action against the officials who would fail to comply with court orders in this connection. The bench sounded the warnings as it heard a petition that legal aid organisation Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh filed seeking the...
Dhaka becomes 3rd most polluted city with AQI score of 187
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 187 at 9:00am on Tuesday morning...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Titles on July uprising attract readers
Books on the July uprising have attracted readers, mostly young ones, at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
Chinese co to invest $3.82m in Ishwardi EPZ
M/s Bangladesh Haijintone Hair Products Co Limited, a Chinese company, will invest $3.82 million in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone to establish a wig manufacturing industry, said a press release...
One killed as locals clash with air force personnel in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
A 32-year-old man was killed and scores, including four Bangladesh Air Force personnel, were injured in a clash between locals and the BAF members reportedly over the construction of an airbase on Khas land in the Samitipara area in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Monday.
Dhaka鈥檚 air in 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone with AQI score of 163
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, ranked tenth among the cities with the worst air quality, with an AQI score of 163 at 9:15am on Monday morning...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Sale of Islamic books rises
Sale of Islamic books has increased this year at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 organised by the Bangla Academy...
Bangladesh Braces for Rising Heat: Air Conditioner Sales Surge as Winter Winds Down
As the final weeks of winter slip away and temperatures begin to climb, Bangladesh is witnessing a significant uptick in demand for air conditioners. Industry experts attribute this surge not only to the impending heatwave season but also to shifting consumer preferences driven by rising disposable incomes and urbanization....
Dhaka becomes 2nd most polluted city on Sunday morning
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked the second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 190 at 9:00am on Sunday morning...
Dhaka becomes most polluted city on Saturday morning
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, recorded the worst air quality in the world, with an Air Quality Index of 184 at about 8:30am on Saturday...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Crowd, festivity, sale delight publishers
The Ekushey Book Fair became festive with the presence of a large crowd on Bhasha Shaheed Dibas and International Mother Language Day on Friday....
Ekushey Book Fair witnesses large crowd on International Mother Language Day
The Ekushey Book Fair witnessed a large number of visitors in the morning.
Dhaka鈥檚 worst air woes continue
Dhaka鈥檚 worst air woes continue Even on a public holiday, Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 242 at 10:40am on Friday morning.
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: More volumes of poetry, fewer readers
The number of volumes of poetry at the Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 this week reached 300 but the sale of collections of poems decreased as people read poems in different ways, publishers said on Thursday...
Delta offers $30,000 each to Toronto plane crash passengers
US airline Delta will offer $30,000 to each passenger on a plane that crashed as it landed at Toronto airport this week, the carrier said on Wednesday...
EKUSHEY BOOK FAIR: Few titles on Language Movement
Ekushey programmes at the ongoing month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2025 began with a 10-day theatre festival on the Mukta Mancha stage on the Suhrawardy Udyan premises on Wednesday, with only a few books on the Language Movement...