Banglanews24.com
Online newspaper published in Dhaka, Bangladesh
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Banglanews24.com is an English-Bengali online news portal published in Dhaka, Bangladesh.[1][2] The website, along with the Daily Sun, Bangladesh Pratidin, and Kaler Kantho, are owned by East West Media Group, a concern of the Bashundhara Group.[3][4] Alexa ranked the website 2620 worldwide and 15th in Bangladesh.[5]
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| Type | Online newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Mobile and web |
| Owner | East West Media Group |
| Publisher | Bashundhara Group |
| Editor | Touhidul Islam Mintu |
| Founded | 1 July 2010 |
| Language | Bengali and English |
| Headquarters | ABG Tower, Plot - 440, 441 & 442, Road - 18, Block A, Bashundhara R/A, Dhaka - 1229, Bangladesh |
| City | Dhaka |
| Country | Bangladesh |
Sister newspapers | |
| Website | banglanews24 |
History
Banglanews24.com officially launched on 1 July 2010. The other national news agencies at the time were the state-owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS), the privately owned United News of Bangladesh (UNB), and bdnews24.com.[6]
Controversies
On 23 February 2013, Bangladesh Islamist organisations that included Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, Hefazat-e-Islam, Islami Oikya Jote, and Nabi Premik Jagrata Janata had vandalized offices of the portal in Chittagong, Bangladesh.[2]
Former minister and current Awami League MP Ramesh Chandra Sen sued the portal for defamation in 2014.[7] A photojournalist of the portal was assaulted by paramilitary Bangladesh Ansar members in Shyamoli, Dhaka in March 2014.[8][9]
