BETWEEN 1950 and 2017, the world produced 9.2 billion tonnes of plastic, most of it intended for single use. Only nine per cent has ever been recycled and 12 per cent incinerated, leaving approximately 79 per cent accumulated in our environment. This accumulation has led to global plastic pollution, posing a planetary health threat. Plastics break down...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 13th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 97 at about 9:30am on Sunday morning...
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Gabes in southern Tunisia on Friday, calling for the closure of facilities at an ageing chemical factory blamed for hundreds of cases of poisoning.
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 20th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 81 at about 09:10am on Saturday morning...
The High Court on Thursday issued a fresh directive to the authorities to enforce its nine-point directives issued in January 2020 to curb air pollution in Dhaka...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 157 at 9:30am on Thursday morning...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality remained in the 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone on Wednesday morning...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榰nhealthy鈥� zone on Tuesday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 156 at 9:25am on Monday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 168 at about 9:25am on Sunday morning...
Environment, forest and climate change adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan on Saturday emphasised collective efforts to free the Sitalakhya River from pollution and restore its natural beauty...
Dhaka has ranked fifth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 169 at about 9:00am on Saturday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked eighth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 140 at 10:25am on Thursday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 164 at 9:35am on Wednesday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked seventh on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 152 at 9:30am on Monday...
RAJSHAHI, once regarded as the cleanest and most liveable city, is now enveloped in a haze so thick that it has outstripped even Dhaka in pollution. What was once the pride of the north-west has turned into an emblem of environmental decline. Recent data show that the city鈥檚 air quality has for years hovered between 鈥榲ery unhealthy鈥� and 鈥榟azardous鈥� levels, often...
Rajshahi, once arguably the cleanest of cities, is now gasping for breath as its air quality has sunk below that of Dhaka.
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked sixth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 174 at about 10:50am on Friday morning...
Child deaths linked to air pollution have reached crisis levels in Bangladesh, turning into what researchers describe as a 鈥榮ilent epidemic鈥�, according to a new international study by Zero Carbon Analytics.
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fourth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 167 at 9:30am on Wednesday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked fifth on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 160 at 9:30am on Monday morning...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality turns unhealthy for sensitive groups on Saturday morning...
Dhaka, the densely populated capital of Bangladesh, ranked fourth among cities with the poorest air quality this morning with an AQI score of 165 at about 9:30am...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone on Tuesday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 33rd on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 66 at about 9:20am on Monday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 31st on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 66 at about 9:30am on Sunday morning...
Dhaka鈥檚 air quality continued to be in the 鈥榤oderate鈥� zone on Saturday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 12th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 87 at 11:00am on Thursday morning...
Under the influence of rainfall since early morning, Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked 84th on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 44 at 10:10am on Wednesday morning...
Dhaka, the overcrowded capital city of Bangladesh, has ranked second on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 172 at about 10:30am on Thursday morning...
