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Distinguished people from various fields joined bdnews24.com in celebrating its fifth anniversary of setting new trends of journalism.

Curtain was raised on programme began by cutting a cake at the Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel in the evening on Tuesday.

Editor-in-chief of Bangladesh's first internet newspaper, Toufique Imrose Khalidi, is presenting a brief glimpse of bdnews24.com's operations. Photos and videos are also shown.

A beta version of bdnews24.com was launched by legendary woman freedom fighter Khurshid Jahan Begum.

Khurshid Jahan was one of the thousands who joined the war of independence in 1971 with a five-month infant in her arms, and 40 years on, she hit the headlines when bdnews24.com ran a report on her on the 40th Victory Day.

Launching its journey with news, the bilingual online newspaper diversified its contents through innovations. It has contents for children, technology news seekers, as well as news of sports.

Readers hit nearly 40 million times on several pages of the website every month. The site is hit from 300,000 IP addresses daily; sometimes the figure goes as high as 500,000.

Former chief justice and chief adviser to the caretaker government Muhammad Habibur Rahman, former chief election commissioner Justice Abdur Rauf, justice A T M Afzal, chief election commissioner A T M Shamsul Huda, former advisor to the caretaker government Gitiara Safia Chowdhury, Navy chief Vice Admiral Zahir Uddin Ahmed, ambassador of Myanmar in Bangladesh U Min Lwin and former diplomat Wali-ur Rahman, among others, attended the programme.

The politicians who attended the programme include health and family welfare affairs adviser to the prime minister Dr Syed Modasser Hossain, state minister for power, energy and mineral resources Enamul Huq, Awami League MP Akhtaruzzaman Babu, BNP acting secretary-general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, Communist Party of Bangladesh president Manzurul Ahsan Khan, former commerce minister and BNP chairperson's adviser Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury and BNP MP Shahiduddin Chowdhury Annie.

Veteran journalists former Jai Jai Din editor Shafik Rehman, The Independent editor Mahbubul Alam, The News Today editor Reazuddin Ahmed, Maasranga TV chief executive officer Syed Fahim Munaim and head of news Shah Alamgir were also in attendence.

Power Development Board chairman Asif Mahmud, Dhaka Stock Exchange president Shakil Rizvi and Merchant Bankers' Association president Mohammad A Hafiz joined the celebrations.

Media personality Ali Zaker, renowned magician Jewel Aich and Bidisha, among others, attended the function.

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