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[9] [10] According to the State of Global Air report in 2021, at last 236,000 people died due to air pollution in Bangladesh. [11] According to a World Bank study, air pollution is responsible for 20 percent of premature deaths in Bangladesh. [12] The brick kiln industry is one of the largest contributors to air pollution in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh, being situated on the Brahmaputra River Delta (also known as the Ganges Delta) is a land of many rivers, and as a result is very prone to flooding.Due to being part of such a basin and being less than 5 meters above mean sea level, Bangladesh faces the cumulative effects of floods due to water flashing from nearby hills, the accumulation of the inflow of water from upstream ...
Research shows that, after the cyclone and flooding of 1991, Bangladeshi women aged 20–44 had a much higher death rate than men of the same age: 71 per 1000, compared to 15 per 1000 for men. [46] Even if a cyclone warning is issued, many women die because they must wait at home for their relatives to return before they can seek shelter.
Total damage in Bangladesh were up to ৳5.36 billion (US$63.6 million). 9 November 2019: Cyclones Matmo and Bulbul made landfall near West Bengal, and crossed into Bangladesh. It caused severe flooding and storm surge in the country, with approximately 72,000 metric tons of crops being lost, with a total value of Tk 2.6 billion (US$31 million).
Bangladesh has an enormous excess of surface water during the summer monsoon (June to October) and relative scarcity towards the end of the dry season in April and May. Internal renewable water resources are about 105 km 3 per year, while inflowing transboundary rivers provide another 1,100 km 3 annually (average 1977–2001). [14]
The Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) stated on 16 July 2019, that flooding had affected 32 of the state's 33 districts, affecting 4.496 million people across 4,620 villages. The ASDMA stated that 19 people had died due to the flooding, including two people killed by landslides, and that over 101,000 people had taken refuge at ...
2019 3,951+ 2019 European heat waves: Europe Heat wave June – July 2020 6,511 2020 South Asian floods: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Floods May – October 2021 2,248 2021 Haiti earthquake: Haiti Earthquake August 14 2022 24,501 2022 European heatwaves: Europe Heat wave June 12 – September 12 2023 59,259–62,013
Neonatal mortality is a puissant part of overall child mortality. Neonatal mortality rate of Bangladesh fell gradually from 1990 to 2015. [60] In 1990, per 1000 live births under five mortality rate and infant mortality rate was 93 and 64 globally but in Bangladesh it was higher than the global average. In 2017, global under five mortality rate ...