BBC News: [2] An "intermediate host" animal passed the coronavirus from wild bats to humans, evidence suggests. But while the World Health Organization says that the research points to the virus's "natural origin", some scientists say it might never be known how the first pe ...বিস্তারিত
BBC News: [2] Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria. The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has "enormous potential" to control the disease. [3] Malaria is spread by the bite of infected mosquitoes, ...বিস্তারিত
The Jakarta Post: [2] Robots delivering meals, ghostly figures in hazmat suits and cameras pointed at front doors: China's methods to enforce coronavirus quarantines have looked like a sci-fi dystopia for legions of people. Authorities have taken drastic steps to ensure that ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: [2] India has mandated that all public and private sector employees use a government-backed Bluetooth tracing app and maintain social distancing in offices as New Delhi begins easing some of its lockdown measures in lower-risk areas. [3] Prime Minister Narendra Modi ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: [2] Dhaka’s air quality showed significant improvement today morning with the capital city ranking 20th worst in the Air Quality Index (AQI). It had an AQI score of 91 and its air quality was classified as ‘moderate’. China’s Beijing, Vietnam’s Hanoi and ...বিস্তারিত
The Jakarta Post: [2] While most nine-year-olds have been battling during lockdown with the vagaries of home schooling, Lupo Daturi has been waging war on COVID-19 itself. Virtually. The fourth-grade pupil from the outskirts of Milan, where inhabitants have been living in ...বিস্তারিত
BBC News: [2] Facebook has said it is investing $5.7bn (£4.6bn) in cut-price Indian mobile internet company Reliance Jio, which is owned by the country's richest person Mukesh Ambani. The deal makes the social network the largest minority shareholder in the telecoms unit of ...বিস্তারিত
The Jakarta Post: [2] Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said it will invest 200 billion yuan (US$28 billion) in its cloud infrastructure over three years - a plan that follows a boom in demand for business software as the coronavirus outbreak peaked in China. [3] The company said in ...বিস্তারিত
BBC News: [2] As a pandemic grips the world, a person could be forgiven if they had forgotten about another threat to humanity's way of life - the rise of robots. For better or worse the robots are going to replace many humans in their jobs, analysts say, and the coronavirus ...বিস্তারিত
DOT Desk: [2] 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 ...বিস্তারিত
