Banglanews24.com
Banglanews24.com is an online news portal in Bangladesh. 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. Alexa ranked the website 2620 worldwide and 15th in Bangladesh.[1][2]
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.[citation needed]
Controversy
Former Minister and current Awami League MP Ramesh Chandra Sen sued the portal for defamation in 2014.[3] A photo journalist of the portal was assaulted by Paramilitary Bangladesh Ansar members in Shyamoli, Dhaka in March 2014.[4][5] Bangladesh Islamist organisations that included Jamaat-e-Islami BangladeshI 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.[6]
References
- ↑ "Sahitya Adda dedicated to Chandan". The Daily Star. 2014-09-02. http://www.thedailystar.net/sahitya-adda-dedicated-to-chandan-39890.
- ↑ "Attacks, rampage in major cities". The Daily Star. 2013-02-22. http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-270132.
- ↑ "AL MP sues Banglanews24 editor, reporters". The Daily Star. 2014-08-28. http://www.thedailystar.net/al-mp-sues-banglanews24-editor-reporters-39104.
- ↑ "Ansar men 'assault' journalist couple". The Daily Star. 2014-03-14. http://www.thedailystar.net/ansar-men-assault-journalist-couple-15651.
- ↑ "photo gallery". The Daily Star. 2013-11-12. http://www.thedailystar.net/news/photo-gallery-368.
- ↑ "Attacks, rampage in major cities". The Daily Star. 2013-02-22. http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-270132.
