Website Design · Rajshahi

News Portal Website Development in Rajshahi

I offer news portal website development in Rajshahi for Bangla and English publishers. You get fast Core Web Vitals and a clean reporter dashboard. Categories and tags grow with you, and the layout is AdSense friendly from day one. Prices start at 50,000 BDT, with 50% advance and 50% on launch.

One senior developer builds and looks after your site. I have about 5 years of shipping live sites across Bangladesh. No juniors and no handoffs.

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About this build

Rajshahi news publishers deserve a portal built for reporters, not just designers

Good news portal website development in Rajshahi is rare. Most local portals use a cheap WordPress theme bought online. Then they add five plugins for sliders, popups and "related news" carousels. The homepage takes 9 seconds to load on 4G in Talaimari. Bangla fonts show as boxes on older Android phones.

The reporter dashboard is so confusing that the editor types every story in MS Word first. Then he pastes it in. That wastes time on every single story, and it is worst on busy news days.

This page is about a different kind of build. I build news portal websites in Rajshahi as one senior developer. I write the database schema myself and set up the editorial workflow. I pick a Bangla web font that won't break on a 2,500 taka Symphony phone. A reporter on a phone in Boalia can publish breaking news in under 90 seconds.

About five years of building real sites, including content heavy ones, taught me what matters. You need a CMS that loads fast, even on the office's shaky broadband. You need a category structure that Google understands. Mobile pages, in an AMP style, must work on 2G in rural Godagari.

The homepage also must not crash when 4,000 readers arrive at once. That happens when a story goes viral on Facebook. I plan for it from the first day of the build.

Pricing is honest. A starter portal costs 50,000 BDT, with one language, three categories and basic ad zones. A mid tier portal costs 90,000 BDT, with Bangla and English, search and reporter login. A full publisher setup costs 1,50,000 BDT, with many authors, a role based editorial workflow and ad server integration.

Anything bigger starts from 3,00,000 BDT. That covers district editions, video and paid memberships. You pay 50% in advance and 50% on launch, through bKash, Nagad or bank transfer.

See pricing in BDT

What's included

What you get with a news portal built in Rajshahi by one senior dev

I add six things to every Rajshahi news portal build. I chose them because publishers here feel real pain when they are missing.

01

Bangla-first typography

I hand pick SolaimanLipi or Noto Sans Bengali web fonts. I trim the font files and use font-display: swap. Headlines never show as empty boxes on a reader's old Walton phone in Sapura.

02

Reporter dashboard that doesn't fight you

You get a clean publishing screen with category, tag, featured image and a "publish now or schedule" button. Nothing else. Your reporters in Rajshahi can post a story from a phone at a Press Club event in under two minutes.

03

AdSense and direct ads ready

Ad slots are ready in the header, between paragraphs and in the sidebar. They lazy load, so they don't hurt your Largest Contentful Paint score. Add AdSense, bKash promos or local advertiser banners without touching code.

04

Built for traffic spikes

Page caching, an image CDN and a solid server setup handle the Facebook share storm. That matters when a Rajshahi story goes national. You won't see a "site down" message at the worst moment.

05

SEO that ranks in Bangla searches

You get NewsArticle schema, clean Bangla URLs and a sitemap sent to Google News. Open Graph tags make your Facebook previews look like Prothom Alo's, not like a broken thumbnail.

06

No vanishing developer

I sign the contract and I build the site. I'm the one on WhatsApp when something breaks at 11 PM on election night. No project manager passes messages to a junior in another city.

In focus

Why most Rajshahi news portals struggle, and what I do differently

Look at the news portals serving Rajshahi today and you'll see one pattern. They use a heavy 30 dollar theme with three carousels on the homepage. Autoplay video ads sit at the top. A "breaking news" ticker still scrolls text with JavaScript in 2026. The portal looks busy, but it scores 24 on PageSpeed mobile.

It loses readers in the first 3 seconds. Google News won't include it because the markup is a mess. In the end, the editor gives up and posts everything to a Facebook page instead.

I build the opposite. My Rajshahi portals get a lean homepage with the latest story at the top. Everything below loads later. The first screen is under 200 KB and passes Core Web Vitals on a mid range Android phone. The CMS fits your editorial flow. If you publish 80% Bangla and 20% English, the dashboard reflects that.

AdSense slots go where they earn: after the first paragraph, mid article and end of article. They are not sprayed across the page, which can get you a Google policy violation in week three. Reporters get a one screen publish form. Editors get a draft queue. Readers get a portal that loads before they lose patience. Fewer moving parts means more readers stay past the headline.

Investment

Pricing in BDT, no mystery.

Clear packages, fixed quotes, paid in BDT. Pick a starting point. I'll tailor the exact scope on a quick call.

Every project starts at ৳50,000

Starter

Starter Website

A sharp, credible site that makes the right first impression and brings enquiries.

৳50,000/ from
  • Up to 4 custom pages
  • Mobile-first responsive design
  • On-page SEO setup
  • Contact form + WhatsApp
  • Live in ~2 weeks
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Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra

Ecommerce

Ecommerce Store

An online store built to sell and scale.

৳1,50,000/ from
  • Shopify or WooCommerce
  • Product, cart & checkout
  • bKash / SSLCOMMERZ + delivery
  • SEO-ready product pages
  • Launch QA + training
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Books a 15-min call · fixed BDT quote · 50/50 · hosting extra

Design-approval guarantee. You approve the design first, and you only pay the second half once your site is live and you're happy.

Need something bigger? Custom & enterprise builds from ৳3,00,000. Pay by bKash, Nagad, bank transfer or card. Ask for an exact price or send an email.

Frequently asked

Straight answers before we build.

Real questions Rajshahi publishers ask me before signing, with straight answers.

Koto taka lagbe ekta news portal banate Rajshahi te?

It starts at 50,000 BDT for a one language portal with three categories, reporter login and basic ad zones. 90,000 BDT covers a Bangla and English portal with search, social sharing and AdSense. 1,50,000 BDT is a full publisher build with a multi author workflow, role based access and a custom ad server. Bigger setups, like district editions, video and memberships, start from 3,00,000 BDT. You pay 50% advance by bKash, Nagad or bank, and 50% on launch.

Will the site load fast for readers on 4G in Rajshahi and rural Naogaon?

Yes. Speed is a hard rule, not a nice extra. I test every news portal on a slowed 4G connection and a mid range Android phone before launch. The goal is Largest Contentful Paint under 2.5 seconds and a PageSpeed mobile score above 85. Readers on Symphony or Walton phones in Godagari or Charghat load the homepage about as fast as someone on fibre in Padma Residential Area.

Can I publish in Bangla without the font looking broken on phones?

Yes. I use trimmed Bangla web fonts: SolaimanLipi, Kalpurush or Noto Sans Bengali, your pick. I set correct Unicode handling and font-display: swap, so text shows right away while the font loads. No empty boxes and no "install Bengali font" message on the first visit. I test on the cheapest Android phones, iOS Safari and old Windows browsers.

Will Google News include my portal after launch?

I set up everything Google News expects. That means NewsArticle structured data, a news sitemap, clean canonical URLs, proper publish dates and author bylines with their own pages. After launch, I'll guide you through the Google Publisher Center application. Approval is Google's call and depends on your editorial standards. But the technical side will be done right.

Can my reporters publish stories from their phones in the field?

Yes. The reporter dashboard is built for mobile first. It is one scrolling form with title, body, category, image upload and a publish button. A reporter at a press conference at Rajshahi Court can write the story, add a photo from the phone gallery and publish in under two minutes. There is no app to install, just a saved login in Chrome.

What about the homepage during big news days? Will it crash?

It is built to survive the Facebook share storm. Server side caching sends the homepage as a static file to normal readers. Even if 5,000 people land at once from a viral share, the server barely notices. Logged in editors and reporters get the live version. An image CDN handles the bandwidth. If you outgrow the starter hosting, I'll move you to a bigger server without a rebuild.

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