Banglanews24.com is an online news portal in Bangladesh. The website, along with the

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ranked the website 2620 worldwide and 15th in Bangladesh.

History

Banglanews24.com officially launched on 1 July 2010. The other national news agencies at the time were the state-owned

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(BSS), the privately-owned

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(UNB), and bdnews24.com.

Sections

* National * Politics * Business * International * Sports * Entertainment * Technology * Education * Health * Lifestyle * Aviatour * Banglanews Special * Banglanews Exclusive * Law * Open Forum

Controversy

Former Minister and current Awami League MP Ramesh Chandra Sen sued the portal for defamation in 2014. A photo journalist of the portal was assaulted by Paramilitary

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members in Shyamoli, Dhaka in March 2014. Bangladesh Islamist organisations that included

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was ...

I and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir, Hefazat-e-Islam, Islami Oikya Jote, and Nabi Premik Jagrata Janata vandalized their offices in Chittagong, Bangladesh on 23 February 2013.

Sister concerns

* '' News24tv'' * ''

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References

External links

* (BN) * (EN) 2010 establishments in Bangladesh Bangladeshi news websites {{bangladesh-stub