Five languages, audio and video
Daily Sun Unveils New Mobile News App
- Daily Sun launched its new app at its 16th anniversary celebration.
- Readers can access news in English, Bangla, Russian, Chinese and Hindi.
- Features include audio stories, video updates and personalised notifications.
The Daily Sun has unveiled a new mobile app designed to make reliable news more accessible to readers. The app features audio news, a dedicated video page for the latest updates, section-based news browsing and personalised notifications. In addition to English, users can read news in Bangla, Russian, Chinese and Hindi.
The app was launched on Monday, October 26, during a programme marking the English-language newspaper’s 16th anniversary. Safwan Sobhan, chairman of Safwan Bashundhara Global (SBG), attended the event as chief guest.
Referring to the changing and challenging media landscape, Sobhan said readers wanted news quickly and continuously. The new app, he added, would help readers access reliable reporting and receive notifications according to their preferences.
Daily Sun Editor Rezaul Karim Lotus said the app would allow readers to access news anytime and from anywhere. Its audio stories, dedicated video page and section-based coverage offer different ways to follow the news. The app also supports four languages alongside English.
Tasbirul Islam, executive director of the Daily Sun and T-Sports, said several initiatives had been taken to fulfil a commitment made at the previous anniversary to improve the newspaper’s quality. These included strengthening the digital team and launching the new mobile app. He added that the newspaper had received several awards over the past year.
Ahmed Saifuddin, minister counsellor at the Indonesian Embassy in Dhaka, Algerian Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Abdelouahab Saidani, Sri Lankan High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dharmapala Weerakkody, Nepal’s Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari were present at this event. Other attendees included Daily Sun publisher Moinul Hossain Chowdhury; Sofia Kutepova, attaché and press secretary at the Russian Embassy; Sri Gokul Bimal Kala, first secretary for political, press and information affairs at the Indian High Commission; and Listyowati, Indonesia’s ambassador to Bangladesh, AKM Manzurul Haque, editor of Banglanews24.com.
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