Air pollution

Air pollution

Dhaka’s air ‘unhealthy’ even on weekend

Dhaka has ranked third on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 162 this morning

19h ago

Court Corner / HC issues rule to curb air pollution

The HC bench of Justice Kazi Zinat Hoque and Justice Aynun Nahar Siddiqua issued the rule after hearing a writ petition

5d ago

Dhaka’s air most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 173 at 9:05am today

1w ago

Dhaka’s air most polluted in the world this morning

Dhaka has topped the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI index of 304 at 09:04am today

2m ago

"Control tobacco, cut deaths': National Heart Foundation hosts mini marathon in Dhaka

The National Heart Foundation of Bangladesh organised a mini marathon in the capital this morning, calling for stronger tobacco control laws to reduce preventable deaths

2m ago

Dhaka’s air quality worst in the world this morning

The air quality was classified as "very unhealthy" according to the AQI Index

2m ago

Air pollution in Dhaka 18 times above global limit

The average concentration of PM2.5 particles -- the most harmful air pollutants -- in Dhaka is about 18 times higher than the global health standard, leaving millions of residents struggling for relief.

3m ago

Thanchi brick kiln fined twice in a week

On January 14, a mobile court conducted a raid at Sangu Brickfield (SBM), the only brick kiln in Thanchi upazila and fined it Tk 100,000

3m ago

Firing, blasts at RU hall

Two factions of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student front of ruling Awami League, allegedly fires shots and blasts crude bombs at Rajshahi University in the wee hours to establish their supremacy on the campus.

9y ago

Education and self-reliance, a blind student's dream

For Zakaria Hossain, 24, of Dakkhin Sonakhuli village in Nilphamari's Dimla upazila, the path to higher education wasn't smooth. Like

9y ago

Housewife strangled, another stabbed for dowry

A housewife was strangled allegedly by her husband and in-laws for dowry in Titas upazila of Brahmanbaria district

9y ago

Last batch of 26 people leaves for India

A touching scene appeared at the ground of Debiganj Degree College in Panchagarh district yesterday as six siblings finally bid farewell

9y ago

Madrasa boy drowns in pond

A 10-year-old madrasa student drowned in a pond at Jhumjhumpur village under Jessore Sadar upazila yesterday.

9y ago

Bangla Lesson for carbon polluters

Bangladesh has become the first country to get funds from the United Nations for its fast growing solar home systems, which are not only lighting up houses in off-grid villages but also showing the world the way to a low-carbon future.

9y ago

Youth electrocuted

A young man was electrocuted at Borail village in Sadar upazila of the district on Wednesday night. The dead is Mohadeb Chandra Roy, 35,

9y ago

bKash agent robbed

Robbers looted Tk 2.92 lakh from a sales representative of bKash after shooting him at Gilando Bazar in Sadar upazila of the district

9y ago

BCL man's hand severed, party leader arrested

A Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader was held yesterday on charge of severing a hand of a party rival in Ishwardi upazila of the

9y ago

Drug peddlers hurt schoolboy

A schoolboy was injured in an attack by some alleged drug addict youths in railway officers' colony area under Saidpur upazila of the

9y ago