DHAKA: banglanews24.com.bd, a new-generation multimedia news portal from Bangladesh, made its debut Thursday to offer round-the-clock news both in Bangla and English from a highly interactive platform.

A concern of the East-West Media Group Ltd., banglanews24.com.bd desires to be the most dynamic platform that brings news fast and accurate, a press release said.

For people across the globe, the site will also be a hub for entertainment as well, it added.    

“With new ideas, cutting-edge outlook and futuristic vision for info-savvy new generations, we live up to offer the most credible information,” said Alamgir Hossain, Editor-in-Chief of the new media outfit.  

In the fast-moving 24×7 global news environment, Hossain said, Bangladesh and its people cannot be lagging behind what is going on around them and what may affect them as global citizens.

“Our real-time news coverage and interactive platform allow people to have their say, as news in the making affects them, too.”

He said the online readers are not mere recipient of anything and everything on the go, but active content provider. “We believe our audience –wherever they are at home and abroad – are not merely silent onlookers to events; they are also participants and catalysts.”


BDST 9.50 HRS, JULY 1, 2010