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.

As of 7:30pm today (March 29), Dhaka’s Air Quality Index (AQI) stands at 91 -- a giant leap forward from a typical range of 260-319 at the beginning of the year.

Mobile operators in the country have started sending text messages to users to determine potential carriers of coronavirus.

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:

Internet Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB) today complained that the workers of different internet service providers have been physically assaulted by members of law enforcement agencies at different places across the country over the last two days.

Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited will provide video conference systems and Artificial Solution (AI) to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to help fight COVID-19.

As part of an awareness drive, from today, Grameenphone users have already noticed a cautionary message “Stay Home” next to the signal bar on their phones.

Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Limited is planning to introduce free Wi-Fi hotspots in 1,216 union parishads where the state owned company has its own fiber-optic connectivity, says its managing director on Facebook Live.

Google has made the premium features of its Hangouts video-conferencing platform free for all users until July 1, in a bid to help businesses and schools to operate seamlessly from home, under coronavirus-induced social distancing.

Social media giant Facebook has started rolling out a new, redesigned User Interface (UI), with the option of switching to "Dark Mode" for high contrast social media browsing.

South Korea is fighting the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) by relying on its technological forte. The country has an advanced digital platform for big-data mining, along with artificial intelligence (AI) and Koreans are leading the technological front, with Samsung competing closely with Apple.Inc of USA.

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.

Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman appeared before thousands of people at the Bangladesh Army Stadium during the Joy Bangla Concert at Bangladesh Army Stadium on March 7 -- virtually, through holographic technology.

Scientists have discovered organic material preserved in 75-million-year-old dinosaur fossils, including cartilage cells, proteins, chromosomes, and DNA.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, director Rian Johnson has said, "I don't know if I should say this or not, Apple... they let you use iPhones in movies but — and this is very pivotal if you're ever watching a mystery movie — bad guys cannot have iPhones on camera."

Although English is spoken worldwide, it is not the definitive language everywhere. And while language barrier can be a problem, it should not stop you from experiencing different cultures. Here’s a roundup of the best apps that will help you communicate across language barriers even if you don’t know the native language.

Learning a new language has been one of the most sought-after skills by Bengalis for quite some time now. Many universities even offer a foreign language course. But the entire process of learning a new language can be tedious and quite daunting. So, what better way of making it more fun and interesting than games, right?

In terms of developing codes at a faster rate and reducing the traditional programming efforts of writing a thousand lines, low-code development platforms are bringing a significant change.

Washington wants its allies to ban Huawei, arguing the use of its kit creates the potential for espionage by China - a claim denied by Huawei and Beijing.