Facebook announced the launch of its third-party fact-checking program today in Bangladesh as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce the spread of misinformation and improve the quality of news people find online. Facebook will partner with BOOM, which has been certified by the Poynter Institute's non-partisan International Fact Checking Network.

Jobike, the bicycle hailing service, has extended its services for free to the healthcare professionals working at IEDCR. Ten bicycles are to be made available for IEDCR to help medical staff to commute inside the city to collect samples from patients in a safe and convenient way.

Despite enduring heavy toll on their businesses, some startups have come forward to help the customers, the community as a whole the country. Here we have listed what some of the startups are doing:

Yoda, one of the biggest online marketplaces for verified tutors in Bangladesh, had an eventful year in 2019. Yoda has achieved the milestone of adding 5000+ verified tutors on their platform with 2200+ tuition connections.

ZKBioSecurity is the ultimate “All-in-One” web-based security platform developed by ZKTeco. It contains multiple integrated modules: access control, time attendance, consumption management, elevator control (online/offline), visitor management, parking, guard patrol, FaceKiosk, and intelligent facial recognition camera management, video linkage and other sub-systems.

realme, a sub-brand founded by OPPO, kick-started its operation in May 2018, will enter the Bangladesh market officially now. Prior to that, it was imported by dealers and was sold to the local market.

Google is in discussions on deals to pay media organizations for content, a move aimed at blunting criticism that it unfairly profits from copyrighted news, according to people familiar with the talks.

ZK-VSCN200 is a powerful tool to provide the professional-grade capability for incoming and outgoing traffic within a few seconds. This under vehicle inspection system greatly improves the efficiency and accuracy of security checks in order to achieve a higher level of safety.

A group of Bangladeshi youths has developed a digital platform – HopIn – to facilitate ride-sharing for students and middle-class jobholders.

ZKTeco has recently introduced the SBTL8000 series single lane speed gates for entrance control. SBTL8000, the single lane speed gates series, is designed for smooth and silent operation and draws very little power making it very energy efficient

CTO Forum is going to host ‘CTO Tech Summit 2020’ on January 18, 2020, in Dhaka at the Samson H. Chowdhury Convention Centre.

Acer recently hosted a mega e-sports tournament titled 'Acer Predator Gaming League 2020' or 'PGL-2020' in short.

Bangladesh Network Operators group – BDNOG, as a part of its continuous effort, is going to host its 11th Conference from January 10-14, 2020 in Cox’s Bazar.

Augmedix, a US-based startup with a massive operation in Dhaka, has raised a foreign investment of 19 million US dollars as Series B of venture capital funding.

International Hope School Bangladesh organised a special fest titled 'STEM Fest' last Saturday where students from Grade 6 to 12 showcased different innovative projects.

Aziz Ahmad, co-founder of CodersTrust, recently spoke on a digital union in Brussels hosted by the European Parliament. Ahmed along with Dragos Tudorache, Member of European Parliament (MEP), Andrus Ansip, Member of the European Parliament (former Prime Minister of Estonia), Dacian Ciolos, President of Renew Europe (Former Prime Minister of Romania), Stephane Sejourne, MEP, Fr. Augusto Zampini, Vatican City among other guests were present on this occasion and delivered their remarks.

Aamra bags two awards at the Microsoft Envision Forum 2019 held at Pan Pacific Sonargaon on October 17.

A day-long observation of World Mental Health Day 2019 took place on Thursday, 10th October 2019 at EMK Centre. Throughout the day a series of talks and free psychological counselling sessions were organised with EMK Centre in collaboration with Moner Bondhu, a tech startup that facilitates online counselling.

Yoda was declared as the champion, at the 2019 BASIS National ICT Award during the award ceremony, at a hotel in Dhaka

CEO of UTC Associates & Co-Founder of CodersTrust Mr. Aziz Ahmad participated in a special Vatican technology summit called ‘’The Common Good in the Digital Age’’ as a Key Note Speaker.