Dhaka pollution

Pollution crisis puts children’s health at risk

Bangladesh is grappling with alarming levels of air and noise pollution and electronic waste, all of which pose serious health risks to children, experts cautioned at an event yesterday..They were speaking at the launch of a new handbook on Children’s Health and the Environment at CIRDAP i
28 September 2025, 00:59 AM

Dhaka’s canals cannot be saved without decisive leadership

Alarming loss of canals over the past 80 years
12 February 2024, 08:02 AM

Dhaka air most polluted in the world this morning

Iraq's Baghdad and Myanmar's Yangon occupied the second and third places with AQI of 238 and 193 respectively
2 March 2023, 03:50 AM

Dhaka world's most polluted city again

The densely populated capital of Bangladesh has once again topped the list of cities with the worst air quality in the world.
28 September 2022, 06:11 AM

Why illegal brick kilns still operating in Dhaka, surrounding districts?

The High Court today asked the director general (DG) of Department of Environment (DoE) and deputy commissioners (DCs) of Dhaka and four other surrounding districts – Gazipur, Manikganj, Narayanganj and Munshiganj – to appear before it on May 17 and explain why illegal brick kilns were not shut down despite its repeated directives.
20 April 2022, 07:28 AM