HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Everyone loves a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, too often our air is anything but fresh.

Dhaka’s air is getting worse, and waste burning is making it unbearable. While traffic and construction play their roles, the hidden culprit — burning garbage — is silently poisoning the city ...

As Bangladesh reaches the six-month mark under its interim government, I write from Washington, D.C., as a Bangladeshi deeply ...

In the coffin, the students were carrying the body of Md Hasan, 19, who went missing during protests on 5 August last year ...

The U.N. human rights office estimates that up to 1,400 people may have been killed in Bangladesh over three weeks last ...

Dhaka's air quality 2nd worst in the world this morning The AQI, an index for reporting daily air quality, informs people how clean or polluted the air of a certain city is and what associated health ...

Dhaka has ranked the first on the list of cities with the worst air quality with an AQI score of 392 at 9:00am this morning. Today's air was classified as 'hazardous', referring to an alarming ...

The World Bank vice president for the South Asia Region, Martin Raiser, arrives in Dhaka on Saturday. During his four-day visit, Raiser will meet with the chief adviser of the interim government, the ...

In Dhaka, madrasa students attacked a book fair stall displaying Taslima Nasreen's works, demanding their removal. Police controlled the situation and are investigating the incident. Nasreen ...

As many as 1,400 people were killed in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s violent response to a student-led revolt, ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 65 °F (18.3 °C). Sunny with a high of 87 °F (30.6 °C). Winds variable at 5 to 9 mph (8 to 14.5 kph). Sunny today with a high of 87 °F ...