On Sunday morning, air pollution monitoring devices in Bhaktapur, Patan, and Kathmandu recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) ...

Copernicus Atmospheric Service reports high air pollution levels in South Asia and South-East Asia due to various sources.

Dhaka has again topped the list of cities around the world with the worst air quality Tuesday morning . With an air quality index (AQI) score of 273 at 8:30am, Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities ...

Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) tested 599 vehicles, and 345 were found to violate the smoke emission standards. During a pollution check coordinated by the municipality with various agencies, they ...

With an air quality index score of 273 at 8:30am, Dhaka ranked first in the list of cities with the most polluted air. An AQI between 151 and 200 is said to be ‘unhealthy’ while 201 and 300 are ...

Colombo is once again covered in a thick smog and it seems to be a phenomenon that we may have to deal with more often. ..

More than 350 schools in Bangkok have been forced to close due to air pollution, authorities in Thailand’s capital have said. The Thai capital has been struggling with hazardous air quality since ...

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For instance, in Kathmandu alone, there are more than 1.2 million two-wheelers and over 300,000 four-wheelers, and conducting 20 random tests per day in a certain area doesn’t help clean the air.

KATHMANDU – Nearly 30 percent of diesel vehicles—buses ... which was considered necessary to reduce growing air pollution in the Valley. Shrestha said that the city office had planned to start testing ...

All photos: KUNDA DIXIT Kathmandu Valley got half its annual average rainfall ... When soot particles from wildfire smoke and air pollution are deposited on glaciers and snowfields in the mountains, ...