US economists Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson won the Nobel Economics Prize yesterday for work on commercial auctions, including for goods and services difficult to sell in traditional ways such as radio frequencies, the Nobel Committee said.

Indian High Commissioner to Dhaka Vikram Doraiswami yesterday said he was hopeful about resuming air travel between Bangladesh and India “very quickly”.

The repatriation of Rohingya refugees, privileges for readymade garments export and investments in infrastructure will be the main issues that Bangladesh will raise during US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E Biegun’s visit beginning tomorrow.

The Bangladesh Gono Parishad (Constituent Assembly) passes today the rules of procedure with some minor amendments.

All nine million people in a major Chinese port city will be tested for Covid-19 following a tiny outbreak, health officials said yesterday, as surging infection numbers in Europe force another round of containment efforts.

Internet service providers and cable operators yesterday threatened to shut down internet connectivity and cable televisions for three hours every day from October 18 if Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) did not stop removing hanging cables.

Bera Municipality Mayor Abdul Baten allegedly misbehaved with UNO Asif Anam Siddiquee during a meeting at the latter’s office yesterday over endorsing a proposal placed by the mayor.

Hong Kong’s leader yesterday announced she had postponed a policy speech after being ordered to travel to mainland China for meetings with central government officials.

A Joypurhat court yesterday sentenced five people to death for killing a minor girl after her abduction around five years ago.

Four police personnel of Sylhet city’s Bandarbazar police outpost, where a man was allegedly tortured to death on Sunday night, were suspended and three others withdrawn yesterday due to their negligence in duties.

More than half of French nurses are close to burning out, according to a survey of nearly 60,000 of them published on Sunday, which found they were struggling with cancelled holidays and increased work due to coronavirus.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern yesterday burnished her leadership credentials on the back of her successful response to the coronavirus pandemic at a campaign rally six days ahead of the country’s election on October 17.

At least three people were killed and 11 more injured as a bus collided head-on with a mail train at Fatehpur level crossing on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in Feni around 5:45am yesterday.

Twenty-four people died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till 8:00am yesterday, read a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).

A spate of illnesses among officials of the two city corporations, including the Dhaka North mayor, caused the LGRD ministry yesterday to postpone a meeting that would have paved the way to handing control of the city’s drainage management from Dhaka Wasa to the city corporations.

Another span of the Padma bridge was installed yesterday, ending a four-month stalemate over installing spans due to flood situation and strong currents in the Padma.

Beijing is concerned over the delay in the start of Rohingya repatriation, Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming said yesterday during his call on Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen.

Donald Trump is no longer a transmission risk for Covid-19, his doctor said late on Saturday, as the US president seeks to put his bout with coronavirus behind him and return to the campaign fray.

India’s coronavirus caseload topped 7 million yesterday when the health ministry reported 74,383 new infections in the previous 24 hours, with a rise in infections in southern states offsetting a drop in western regions.

Spain’s Rafael Nadal demolished world number one Novak Djokovic of Serbia 6-0 6-2 7-5 in the French Open final to claim a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title on Sunday.