<div style="text-align: justify; "><b style="font-size: 1rem;">Dhaka ranked third on the global list of cities with the worst air quality this morning.</b><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The air in Dhaka city was classified as ‘unhealthy for sensitive groups’, with an AQI score of 143 at 9:10 am.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">South Africa's Johannesburg and Indonesia's Jakarta occupied the first and second spots on the list, with AQI scores of 160 and 155, respectively.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An AQI between 151 and 200 is considered 'unhealthy', while 201–300 is 'very unhealthy', and 301+ is 'hazardous', posing severe health risks to residents.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">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 effects might be a concern for them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The AQI in Bangladesh is based on five pollutants: particulate matter (PM10 and PM2.5), NO2, CO, SO2, and ozone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dhaka has long been grappling with air pollution issues.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As per the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year, mainly due to increased mortality from stroke, heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections. UNB</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>