bdnews24.com

{{short description|Bilingual (English and Bengali) news publisher, 24/7}}

{{Primary sources|date=October 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox newspaper

| name = bdnews24.com

| logo = বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকমের লোগো.svg

| type = Online newspaper

| format = {{plainlist|

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| chiefeditor = Toufique Imrose Khalidi

| owners = Bangladesh News 24 Hours Ltd.

| founder = {{ubl|Toufique Imrose Khalidi}}{{cite news |title=About bdnews24.com |url=https://bdnews24.com/about-us |access-date=30 September 2024 |work=bdnews24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240927014411/https://bdnews24.com/about-us |archive-date=27 September 2024 }}

| publisher = Toufique Imrose Khalidi

| newseditor = Jahidul Kabir, Biswadip Das{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

| foundation = {{start date and age|2005}}

| language = English and Bengali

| headquarters = Red Crescent Concord Tower, Dhaka, Bangladesh

| website = {{URL|bdnews24.com}}

}}

bdnews24.com is an English and Bengali language news portal based in Bangladesh.

On 1 September 2023, the website was wiped out due to suspected hijacking, and all the content were inaccessible.{{Cite news |date=2023-09-01 |title=bdnews24.com inaccessible |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bdnews24com-inaccessible-3408736 |access-date=2023-09-05 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Suspected 'hacking' knocks bdnews24.com offline for over 10 hours |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/324200/suspected-hacking-knocks-bdnews24.com-offline |work=Dhaka Tribune |date= |archive-date=5 September 2023 |access-date=5 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905120013/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/324200/suspected-hacking-knocks-bdnews24.com-offline |url-status=live }} It came back online on 5 October 2023.{{cite news |script-title=bn:অবশেষে ফিরল বিডিনিউজ |url=https://bangla.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/71653/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B7%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=5 October 2023 |language=bn}}

History

In 2005, the company launched initially as the country's first exclusively web-based news agency, and was known as BDNEWS. The website bdnews24.com developed by Ahmed Yasir Riad (2005–2013) was Bangladesh's first 24/7 bilingual news web portal.{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Blocks News Website for Hours |url=https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/bangladesh-censorship-06182018171537.html |work=Benar News |date=18 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925133608/https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/bangladesh-censorship-06182018171537.html |archive-date=25 September 2024 }} The other two national news agencies at the time were the state-owned Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) and the privately owned United News of Bangladesh (UNB), which at the time were teleprinter-based "wire services".{{Cite Banglapedia|article=News Agencies}} Following a take-over in mid-2006 at the agency's holding company Bangladesh News 24 Hours Ltd, ownership is vested between two sole board directors: Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi, and chair of the company Asif Mahmood.

In October 2006, bdnews24.com relaunched as Bangladesh's first free online newspaper developed by Yasir, and was rebranded as bdnews24.com. Editor-in-Chief Khalidi is a journalist and former BBC broadcaster.{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-141554 |title=Release Mahmudur |date=2010-06-06 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-12 |language=en}} On 28 May 2012, the office of bdnews24.com was attacked by men with machetes injuring three journalists.{{Cite web |url=https://rsf.org/en/news/journalists-repeatedly-attacked-police-reprisals-against-media |title=Journalists repeatedly attacked in police reprisals against media |website=Reporters without borders |language=fr-FR |access-date=2018-02-12 |date=2012-05-30 |archive-date=12 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201518/https://rsf.org/en/news/journalists-repeatedly-attacked-police-reprisals-against-media |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-236325 |title=6-day ultimatum given to arrest attackers |date=2012-05-30 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2018-02-12 |language=en |archive-date=13 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213021609/http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-236325 |url-status=live }}

News Categories

The website regularly publishes news on topics such as Bangladesh, Samagra Bangladesh, Trade, Politics, Economy, World, Science, Environment, Health, Technology, Kids, Entertainment, Sports, Glitz, and 'Hello' (for young journalists), among others.{{Citation |title=বিডিনিউজ টোয়েন্টিফোর ডটকম |date=2024-12-12 |work=উইকিপিডিয়া |url=https://bn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE |access-date=2024-12-12 |language=bn |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520000702/https://bn.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C_%E0%A6%9F%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AB%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%AE |url-status=live }}

Website block

= 2018 =

In June 2018, Bdnews24.com was blocked without explanation by the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).{{cite news |title=Bdnews24.com blcked |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bdnews24com-website-blocked-bangladesh-first-online-newspaper-unavailable-now-1591897?amp |access-date=2018-06-18 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2018-06-18 |archive-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618214751/https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bdnews24com-website-blocked-bangladesh-first-online-newspaper-unavailable-now-1591897?amp |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/is-bangladeshs-media-freedom-deteriorating/a-44854327 |title=Is Bangladesh's media freedom deteriorating? |work=Deutsche Welle |date=2018-07-27 |language=en |access-date=2018-08-11 |archive-date=11 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180811063316/https://www.dw.com/en/is-bangladeshs-media-freedom-deteriorating/a-44854327 |url-status=live }} After several hours, the BTRC unblocked the website. According to the chairman of the BTRC, the site had "added some objectionable comments in one of their news items". The item was not identified by the BTRC, but other sources reported that, it was about General Aziz Ahmed's appointment as army chief of staff.{{cite news |title=BTRC reopened bdnews24 website |url=https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/bangladesh-censorship-06182018171537.html |access-date=20 June 2018 |publisher=Benar News |archive-date=20 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620074338/https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/bangladesh-censorship-06182018171537.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=BTRC now unblocks bdnews24.com |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bdnews24com-website-blocked-bangladesh-first-online-newspaper-unavailable-now-1591897 |work=The Daily Star |date=18 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=18 July 2018 |access-date=18 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718114931/https://www.thedailystar.net/country/bdnews24com-website-blocked-bangladesh-first-online-newspaper-unavailable-now-1591897 |url-status=live }}

= 2023 =

BDNews24 shut down on 1 September 2023. Somoy TV published a news on it on 4 September 2023 titled "Suddenly 'Closed' BDNEWS, Kar Dosha Kar Garhe". It says bdnews news is not showing, a white page appears, with only date on top and editor and publisher Taufiq Imroz Khalidi's name below.{{Cite news |date=4 September 2023 |script-title=bn:হঠাৎ 'বন্ধ' বিডিনিউজ, কার দোষ কার ঘাড়ে |work=Somoy TV |url=https://www.somoynews.tv/news/2023-09-04/z5w2KBUT |access-date=7 September 2023 |archive-date=7 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907121550/https://www.somoynews.tv/news/2023-09-04/z5w2KBUT |url-status=live }}

About this shutdown, BDNews authorities said - "For reasons beyond our control, it is not possible to provide regular services to readers on our news portal. We sincerely apologize. We assure readers, our fight to bring the website back is on. For now, keep an eye on our Facebook, Instagram, X Page and YouTube channel for updates.

Bangladeshi-American political scientist Ali Riaz responded, "BDNews24 published an analysis by Chandan Nandy on India's influence on Bangladeshi politics. The article has since been published on an Indian website and claims that the BDNews24 website has been 'blocked' in India and Bangladesh." As of 7 September 2023, the site showed a maintenance message.{{Cite web |last= |title=Maintenance |url=https://bdnews24.com/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907203814/https://bdnews24.com/ |archive-date=7 September 2023 |access-date=7 September 2023 |website=bdnews24.com}} The following month the site was operational again.{{Cite web |last= |title=Up, again |url=https://bdnews24.com/ |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010084726/http://bdnews24.com/ |archive-date=10 October 2023 |access-date=13 June 2024 |website=bdnews24.com}}{{cite news |title=Bdnews24.com back online after 35 days |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bdnews24com-back-online-after-35-days-3435706 |work=The Daily Star |date=5 October 2023 |language=en |archive-date=23 July 2024 |access-date=30 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723200848/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/bdnews24com-back-online-after-35-days-3435706 |url-status=live }}

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