Day: March 21, 2024
City Desk : Dhaka ranked fourth on the list of cities worldwide with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 167 at 8:56am on Wednesday. Dhaka’s air was unhealthy, according to the Air Quality Index, reports UNB. India’s Delhi, Pakistan’s Lahore and Nepal’s Kathmandu occupied the first, second and third spots on the list, with AQI scores of 272, 234 and 199, respectively. When the AQI value for particle pollution is between 101 and 150, air quality is...
City Desk : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Railways Ministry on Wednesday recommended the government to take necessary measures...
Less developed countries as well as developed countries are affected very much due to the global warming and climate change,...
Last year, Bangladesh found itself at the epicenter of air pollution. The World Air Quality Report 2023 painted a grim picture, revealing that Bangladesh’s annual average concentration of PM2.5, a hazardous fine particulate matter, soared to an alarming 79.9 µg/m3, surpassing the World Health Organization’s recommended levels by a staggering 15-fold. PM2.5, notorious for its deleterious health impacts including asthma, cardiovascular diseases, and cognitive impairments, poses a grave threat to public health. Bangladesh clinched the top spot on the list...
Ishwardi (Pabna) Correspondent : More than half a hundred illegal brick kilns have been built in Lakshikunda Union of Ishwardi....
Z A M Khairuzzaman : Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change. Here, temperature remains extremely...
Business Report : Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will procure 8,000 tonnes of lentils and 10,000 tonnes of sugar for its open market sale (OMS) programme on the occasion of holy month of Ramadan. Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase (CCGP) in a meeting on Wednesday approved two separate proposals of the TCB. The Commerce Ministry placed the proposal on behalf of the TCB. Finance Minister Abul Hasan Mahmud Ali presided over the meeting. As per the proposals, the TCB will...