Dhaka ranks 12th worst in Air Quality Index

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Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka ranked the twelfth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Sunday.

The independent live air-quality index monitor, Air Visual, shows Dhaka’s AQI value as 132 around 9:10am.

China's Shenyang topped the list with an AQI value of 191 while Thailand's Chiang Mai, India's Delhi and China's Shanghai stood second, third and fourth in the list of poor air cities with AQI values 190, 181 and 172 respectively.

Screen grab taken from the website of Air Visual on 22 March 2020.

Earlier, Dhaka topped the worst air city list on 9, 14, 18, 19, 24 and 25 February. It had also ranked the worst on 17 and 23 November, 26 December and 6, 29, 31 January.

The city has been continuously staying within the five most polluted cities around the world.

The AQI is a tool for measuring daily air quality of any city or country. It refers to the degree of pollution or cleanliness.