The air quality in Bangladesh has been declining over the years at an alarming rate. Dhaka scored 556 in the Department of Environment’s Air Quality Index (AQI) on January 29, which has been labelled as ‘extremely unhealthy’. World’s most pollutedDhaka topped the list of US Air Quality Index (AQI) for having the worst air pollution in the world on January 30. Data obtained from smartphone application AirVisual shows the user real-time air pollution index of any city across the globe. “There is no denying that the quality of Dhaka’s air is quite terrible,” said Md Ziaul Haque, director (air quality management) of the Department of Environment.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 02, 2018 18:00 UTC