Priyo.com ( bn, প্রিয়.কম), often referred to simply as Priyo, meaning "Dear" in English, is a Bengali

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and

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company that was founded by Zakaria Swapan in 2011. Based in

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and intended primarily for local readers, it features

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news, local interest stories and political and cultural commentary in

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History

In 2011, Priyo was founded in

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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

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References

External links

Official website
{{Newspapers of Bangladesh Newspapers published in Dhaka Bangladeshi news websites