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Teacher Nancy Barajas engages her sixth-grade students in a pre-test routine in Modesto, California, aiming to build confidence before exams. Photo: UNB

US faces 'reading recession' as student test scores continue to decline

The decline in reading achievement, experts say, began well before the Covid-19 pandemic

Within Chinese official circles, the acronym TACO has taken hold — ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’. Photo: Reuters

Trump goes to Beijing as Xi holds all the cards

Hantaviruses under the microscope: An infection can cause no symptoms at all — or be fatal. Photo: Cynthia Goldsmith/UIG/IMAGO

US says 18 passengers flown back after hantavirus outbreak on ship

US President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 8 May 2026. Photo: Reuters

Americans don't think Trump has explained Iran war goals, Reuters/Ipsos poll shows

The sizzling war: Which country can actually claim the steak?

The sizzling war: Which country can actually claim the steak?

Nahida Sultana Bristy. Photo: Collected

Murdered in US: Bristy's body arrives home from Florida

An image released by the US government shows an Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon (UAP). Photo; Collected

US govt releases UFO files showing multiple never-seen-before unidentified objects

Jamil Limon and Nahida S Brishti. Collage: TBS

Florida university to confer posthumous PhDs to slain Bangladeshi students Limon, Bristy

Vessels in the Strait of Hormuz near Bandar Abbas, Iran, 4 May 2026. Photo: Reuters

Trump pauses effort to escort ships in Strait of Hormuz, citing deal progress

Grieving family members received the body of Bangladeshi student Zamil Ahmed Limon at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport at 8:47am today (4 May) after it was flown in from the United States. Photo: TBS

Bangladeshi student killed in US: Limon’s body arrives home, govt assures family of support

Zamil Ahamed Limon. Photo: Collected

Murdered in US, Limon starts final journey home in coffin

Britain's King Charles attends a joint meeting of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 28, 2026. REUTERS/Matt McClain

King Charles promotes US-UK unity in speech to Congress amid Iran tensions

Jamil Limon and Nahida S Brishti. Collage: TBS

Govt taking steps to bring back remains of 2 Bangladeshi students killed in US: Foreign minister