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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.

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.

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 Bangladesh Ansar members in Shyamoli, Dhaka in March 2014. 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.

Sister concerns

 * News24tv
 * Bangladesh Pratidin
 * Daily Sun
 * Radio Capital
 * Kaler Kantho