Enough with all the grim stories and warnings. Staying in never meant being worried constantly. As you stay in with your family or alone, we round up the best tv-shows and movies streaming on Netflix right now to help you relax for the time being. Enjoy.

Misinformation is a way more complicated problem when it comes to dealing with any sort of crisis like the Corona pandemic that we are currently going through. When it comes to a country like ours where people still have a long way to go in terms of distinguishing between facts and myths, things can get even tougher. People focus more on chewing Thankuni leaves and less on hygiene and washing their hands frequently to prevent the disease.

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.

Diseases know no borders and the threat of an epidemic is ever increasing with the number of all kinds of outbreaks tripling over the last forty years. While addressing a pandemic, experts usually want to know the following things about the disease: i) How quickly is it spreading? ii) Where is it going next? iii) What are the most effective actions one can take to stop it?

A political film can be described as an instrument that kindles consciousness in the viewer about the injustice and exploitation prevailing in society. The making of a political film depends on the freedom of expression that a filmmaker has. Political films can be differentiated from purely historical films in the sense that political films make way for self-criticism of the viewer. It essentially differs from a propaganda film, because it involves taking a stance, which usually implies standing with the oppressed.

This is a great game for messing around in. Untitled Goose Game has you playing a goose, who’s only goal is to terrorise the denizens of its locality.

Serial Box is an app that enables you to listen to audiobooks or read e-books anytime, anywhere, on any of your devices.

The screen of your smartphone can be a teeming cauldron of germs. The germs of touch screens can easily spread from your phone to your hands and face, increasing the chance of infections. Though disinfecting a smartphone doesn’t take much time, this minor chore is often ignored. But at the time of cold and flu season or an outbreak of coronavirus like now, you must clean and disinfect your phone very frequently.

What do talented Bangladeshis have in common and how can we have more of them? Seeam Shahid Noor, currently pursuing Bachelor’s in Applied Mathematics and Biology at Harvard University with a secondary in Computer Science, set out on his pursuit to find the answer to this question and started The Bangladeshi Perspective.

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Netflix has announced the launch of a $100 million fund that aims to support the cast and crew members, including those working on Stranger Things, The Witcher, and Russian Doll, who are now reeling from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

WHO has introduced a verified number to circulate updates on the Corona pandemic. Dropping a text on WhatsApp to this number (+41798931892) will enable you to get all the latest updates, to do’s, myth busters and news coverage. The helpline also answers the questions asked about the pandemic.

The designers at Hyundai are either up to something revolutionary or just being downright lazy. Their new sedan, the 2021 Elantra, looks like a rough 3D render with lots of unbevelled edges.

People have finally started to wake up to the fact that this just might be more serious than all the celebratory preparations would suggest.

Google launched an educational coronavirus website that contains safety tips and authoritative information about the pandemic.

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Two petrolhead friends, lots of drills, saws and all kinds of weird murderous looking tools and a lot of time. Maybe even all the time in the world now that they are asked to stay at home to save the world amidst the largely terrifying coronavirus.

Never have there been a greater time to brush up on old software skills or finally take that free anthropology course from Harvard you’ve been dying to take for years.

If you are a vampire, congratulations you have been clickbaited. However, if you are a female, who got yelled at by your mother for staining the bed sheet or had your favourite dress painted red, there is a magic cup that will save you and the environment.

“Got early vacation this year. Woohoo.’ They are not even worried about keeping in touch with friends because Minecraft. Or Roblox. Connection is digital now.