Due to excessive extraction of groundwater to meet the demands of city dwellers, level of the groundwater in the capital is depleting by two to three metres every year.

Businesses that allow indoor smoking have 19 times higher levels of polluted air compared to that of places where inside smoking is banned, a study report said.

Says these cities are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to sea level rise and coastal flooding

Rising sea levels due to climate change are threatening the survival of big cities located near coastal areas like Kolkata, Shanghai and Dhaka, said Dr R K Pachauri, chairperson of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). "There is a very high risk in delta cities like Kolkata, Shanghai and Dhaka. They are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to sea level rise and coastal flooding. Both people and property would be affected in such a scenario," Pachauri told reporters here.

India plans to export 500 megawatts of power to Bangladesh from July in a bid to strengthen strategic ties with the neighbouring country.

Earthquake Disaster Risk Index of Stanford University ranks Bangladesh (Dhaka) among the 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquake in the world.

Although Dhaka city has not experienced a major earthquake yet, it is one of the world’s 20 cities most vulnerable to earthquakes, says an Earthquake Disaster Risk Index of Stanford University, USA

Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) has dropped the plan of setting solar streetlights in the whole of Dhaka city after its failure to successfully execute the similar pilot project between Notre D

Uncontrolled sound pollution continues to endanger public health as the rules formulated to curb the nuisance are laxly implemented by the authorities concerned.

Climate refugees, after losing everything, are increasingly migrating to capital Dhaka and usually taking shelter in large urban slums or other urban poverty pockets which lack basic services.