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Can Dhaka Get a Handle on Its Air Pollution?

A placard hangs outside the Rashid Autobricks factory in this fast-growing megacity. It reads, “No more pollution! We must survive and allow the next generation to survive.” The sign was put up by humanitarian groups protesting the more than 500 … Continue reading

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Beijing is not the only Asian city with lethal air pollution

Air pollution in Beijing has been described as “apocalyptic” this week with people choking their way through murky streets, short of breath and their eyes stinging from toxic air. But Beijing is just one of hundreds of cities, largely in … Continue reading

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Dhaka is named the least liveable city

Dhaka has been rated as the least liveable location among the 140 cities surveyed by the Economist Intelligence Unit. The Global Livability Survey released yesterday found the Bangladeshi capital downgrading one step from the rank of second worst city to … Continue reading

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Air pollution rising in Dhaka

Traffic congestion in the capital and smoke from brick kilns are the main reasons for air pollution in Dhaka city, according to the World Bank and the Bangladesh government. The Ministry of Environment and Forests says that vehicles in Dhaka … Continue reading

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Air pollution costs Bangladesh BDT 124 billion

Air pollution entails a massive cost amounting to Taka 124 billion (about £924,000 or $1,490,000) a year in the capital alone in terms of lost human health and life, an economic evaluation of the contamination shows. Air pollution costs Tk … Continue reading

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