Air-pollution

Holding his four-month-old nephew Arraiyan in his arms, Md Faisal was standing outside Room 711 at the Bangladesh Shishu Hospital and Institute. The child, who had come from Noakhali, was suffering from pneumonia. He had been undergoing treatment for 12 days. Before coming to Dhaka, he had also spent three days admitted to a local hospital. The family has spent Tk 35,000 to Tk 40,000 on his treatment. Faisal said, “For poor people like us, paying Tk 700 every day for the ward is very difficult....

Kuching in Malaysia tops the list of the world’s major cities for air pollution. The city’s air quality is at a hazardous level. Meanwhile Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh ranks 12th on the list with a score of 103. According to the latest live data from IQAir at noon Friday Kuching’s Air Quality Index (AQI) score was 331. At the same time Dhaka’s AQI score was 103. The list is prepared by comparing the hourly air quality of more than 100 major cities around the world. As a result, the ra...