June2021

Facebook will let all employees who can work away from the office do so after the Covid pandemic is over. The company has told employees “anyone whose role can be done remotely can request remote work”,...

Climate activists urge Japan nation to stop financing coal plant located in Matarbari. The climate strike also called on Japan to compensate the local people of Matarbari for environmental pollution, provide proper rehabilitation, cancel the Matarbari...

Technology has brought revolutionary changes in the world throughout the last couple of decades. The increasingly digital world is fusing with our material reality too fast, impacting every aspect of our lives, prominent industries, businesses across...

China’s biggest ride-hailing firm, Didi Chuxing, has filed papers to become a publicly listed company in the US. The company is backed by some of Asia’s largest technology investment firms, including Softbank, Alibaba and Tencent. The...

Another 6 lakh vaccines made by Sinofarma, a gift from China, have arrived in Dhaka. The vaccine arrived in Dhaka on Sunday (June 13) after 5 pm on two Air Force planes. Earlier on Saturday (June...

Virgin Atlantic is exploring whether it could launch a flying taxi service as part of a partnership with Bristol-based Vertical Aerospace. The airline suggests electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOL) could fly from towns to...

Hackers have stolen valuable information from major game publisher Electronic Arts (EA), the company said. The attackers claimed to have downloaded source code for games such as FIFA 21 and for the proprietary Frostbite game engine...

A mystery bidder has paid $28m (£20m) for a seat on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s first crewed spaceflight by the billionaire’s Blue Origin company. This winning bid was made at Saturday’s auction, with Blue Origin tweeting...

The number of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million children in the last four years – with millions more at risk due to the impacts of...

The Queen was presented with a giant cake in Cornwall to celebrate her official birthday. The cake was presented to the Queen at ‘The Big Lunch’ at the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK. Then the queen...