MUMBAI: UK pubcaster BBC has teamed up with Bangladesh‘s news website bdnews24.com so that its users can listen to BBC World Service radio.

Visitors to the site across the world can now access BBC radio programmes in English and Bangla. bdnews24.com is the first news site in Bangladesh to carry BBC radio content.

bdnews24.com chief editor Toufique I Khalidi said, "We‘re absolutely delighted to be associated with BBC World Service. I‘m certain that this partnership will not only be of great convenience to many who‘d gotten out of the habit of listening to the radio but also will prove beneficial to BBC and bdnews24.com."

BBC World Service regional business development manager for Asia Neil Curry says, "We are committed to working with like-minded organisations across the widest possible range of platforms."

"Bangladesh is a very important country for the BBC, and this tie-up with bdnews24.com reflects our commitment. Availability of our radio content on this news website means further growth of the BBC‘s outreach around the world. It‘s an exciting development for us," adds Curry.