Priyo.com ( bn, প্রিয়.কম), often referred to simply as Priyo, meaning "Dear" in English, is a Bengali
internet portal
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and
news media
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company that was founded by Zakaria Swapan in 2011.
Based in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
and intended primarily for local readers, it features
pop cultural
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news, local interest stories and political and cultural commentary in
Bengali
Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to:
*something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia
* Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region
* Bengali language, the language they speak
** Bengali alphabet, the w ...
.
History
In 2011, Priyo was founded in
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
,
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
by Zakaria Swapan.
It is one of the enlisted companies of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Services (BASIS), listed as Priyo Ltd.
It is financed primarily by
FENOX Venture Capital
Fenox Venture Capital is an American venture capital firm, headquartered in San Jose, California
California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total are ...
.
References
External links
Official website{{Newspapers of Bangladesh
Newspapers published in Dhaka
Bangladeshi news websites