Banglanews24.com

Banglanews24.com
Founded 2010
Language English and Bengali
Website www.banglanews24.com

Banglanews24.com is an online news portal in 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 Bashundhara group.[3][4] Alexa ranked the website 4,281 worldwide and 14th in Bangladesh.[5]

Controversy

Former Minister and current Awami League MP Ramesh Chandra Sen sued the portal for defamation in 2014.[6] A photo journalist of the portal was assaulted by Paramilitary Bangladesh Ansar members in Shyamoli, Dhaka in March 2014.[7][8] 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.[9]

References

  1. "Sahitya Adda dedicated to Chandan". The Daily Star. 2014-09-02. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  2. "Attacks, rampage in major cities". thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  3. "Press Council serves notice on Daily Sun". 2012-03-17. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  4. "Press Council serves notices on 2 dailies". 2012-03-08. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  5. "banglanews24.com Site Overview". www.alexa.com. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. "AL MP sues Banglanews24 editor, reporters". The Daily Star. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  7. "Ansar men 'assault' journalist couple". 2014-03-14. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  8. "photo gallery". 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
  9. "Attacks, rampage in major cities". The Daily Star. 2013-02-22. Retrieved 2016-08-11.


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