Categories and sections
National, politics, business, sports, entertainment, district news or any section list you set. Each category and tag gets its own page with its own title, so a section can rank in search on its own.
News portal website design in Bangladesh with article pages that open fast.
Rizer designs and builds the kind of news portal website Bangladesh publishers need: category sections, a breaking-news ticker, separate logins for reporters and editors, ad slots, share buttons and the technical setup Google News looks for. Articles load as finished pages on a phone. 8+ years, 120+ projects, rated 4.9 from 50+ reviews.
A content site we built
An editorial site of 240 routes, served from Cloudflare's edge.
We have not built a news portal for a client yet. This is the editorial section of Accessible Trip Brazil: recent posts, categories and 16 long-form guides across 6 language editions, served as static pages with 0 broken assets.
Features
News website features we build in from the start.
6 parts every online newspaper or news portal needs before its first story goes live.
Breaking-news ticker
A strip at the top of every page that shows the stories an editor marks as breaking. The editor adds or removes a headline from the panel and the ticker updates without a developer.
Reporter and editor roles
Reporters write and submit drafts. Desk editors check, edit and publish. An admin manages accounts, categories and ad slots. Each person sees only the screens their role allows.
Fast article pages
Article pages are sent as finished HTML with compressed images that load as the reader scrolls. We check speed and Core Web Vitals on the live site at launch.
Ad slots
Positions in the header, the sidebar and between paragraphs for ad network code or banners you sell to local advertisers. Each slot has a reserved size, so the text does not jump when an ad loads.
Social sharing
Share buttons for Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger and X, plus Open Graph tags, so a shared link shows the headline, the lead image and a summary in the post.
The newsroom panel
How a story moves from draft to homepage.
These are the steps we usually set up in the editor panel, adjusted to how your desk works.
Google News
Technical setup for Google News.
Google decides which sites appear in Google News, and nobody can promise inclusion. What we control is the technical setup Google reads, and we build all of it.
NewsArticle structured data
Every article carries schema markup with the headline, lead image, published and modified times and the author, generated from the fields the reporter fills in.
A news sitemap
A separate sitemap in Google's news format that lists articles from the last 2 days, updated each time a story is published, alongside the full sitemap for the archive.
Bylines and author pages
Each reporter has a page with their name, role and published stories. An about page, a contact page and an editorial policy page say who runs the portal.
Clean, crawlable pages
1 URL per story, canonical tags, no duplicate tag pages and no broken links. Trip in Brazil, a site we built, was audited at 100% Semrush Site Health across 313 pages.
The evidence
The parts of a news portal we have already built.
Each of these 4 projects contains a part that a news portal needs.
Long-form articles
Accessible Trip Brazil
In-depth articles with heading structure, real photography and links into the commercial pages. The whole site is static output on Cloudflare Pages, so no database or CMS runs when a reader opens an article.
240 routes, 228 indexable, 0 broken assets
Topic pages and migration
Rio Day Trip
13 articles tagged into 109 topic pages, the same structure a news portal uses for tags. We moved the site off a website-builder template with 51 permanent redirects and kept its search rankings.
182 routes built, every old URL mapped
Admin panel, Rajshahi
IELTS Test BD
An 18-screen admin workspace where staff manage content, users and approvals. Student work autosaves through dropped connections, the same protection we give reporters filing drafts.
Submit, review and approve built into the admin
Bengali and English search, Rajshahi
NextGen Mobile
Typo-tolerant search in Bengali and English, and every page rendered as finished HTML at the edge, so content appears before any script loads. A news archive search can work the same way.
0 runtime dependencies
Choosing a platform
A ready-made news theme against a portal built for you.
Many news sites start on a WordPress newspaper theme. We build on WordPress or in custom code, and these are the differences to weigh.
Ready-made news themePortal built by Rizer
LayoutThe theme's demo layout, shared with other portalsHomepage blocks and sections planned around your desks
SpeedTheme scripts, sliders and plugins load on every articleArticles sent as finished HTML, checked for Core Web Vitals
AdsAds pushed into the page, text shifts as they loadReserved ad slots that keep the layout steady
Editorial rolesDefault user roles, extended with pluginsReporter, editor and admin screens matched to your workflow
Google News setupDepends on which SEO plugins are installed and configuredStructured data and news sitemap built into the article template
After launchTheme and plugin updates to keep up with1 team for the code, SEO and ads
Process
How we build your news portal.
A news portal is a web app with logins and roles, so we set the timeline once the features and sections are agreed.
01
Free 15-minute call
You describe the portal: sections, languages, team size, ad plans and any existing site. We follow up with a quote.
02
Discover
We agree the section list, homepage blocks, editorial roles, sitemap and look and feel.
03
Design
Homepage, category, article and author templates, designed at phone width first and then for desktop.
04
Build
The editor panel, ticker, ad slots, sharing, structured data and news sitemap, on WordPress or custom code.
05
Migrate and launch
Old articles imported with redirects from every old URL, then QA on phones and desktops and speed and SEO checks.
06
Refine
Ongoing changes based on traffic, search and ad data once your desk is publishing daily.
What sets the cost
What decides the cost of a news portal build.
We do not publish prices, because 2 portals rarely need the same build. These 6 things decide the quote we send after the free call.
Number of sections and templates
A portal with 5 sections and 1 article layout is a smaller build than one with district pages, photo galleries, video pages and live updates.
Editorial roles and approvals
A single admin login is simple. Separate reporter, editor and admin roles with an approval queue add screens and testing.
Languages
A Bengali edition, an English edition or both. Our multilingual work runs up to 6 complete language editions on Trip in Brazil and Accessible Trip Brazil.
Archive migration
Moving thousands of old articles means importing text, images and authors and redirecting every old URL. Rio Day Trip needed 51 permanent redirects.
Ads and integrations
Ad network code, direct banner slots, newsletter signup, analytics and Meta and Google tracking.
Platform and content
WordPress or custom code, and whether we also produce the logo, brand and launch copy. Our website cost page explains these factors for any site.
Track record
Rizer in numbers.
Totals across all clients, in Bangladesh and abroad.
8+Years delivering
120+Projects delivered
50+Clients and teams
4.9Average rating, 50+ reviews
Client review.
"Rizer did SEO on my new travel agency site and we landed our first client within days. Clear reporting, kind communication, real results."
Benni Klein, Owner, Accessible Trip Brazil
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Content platforms we have shipped.
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Other services for publishers.
These pages cover the build options and the marketing around a portal.
Questions
News portal websites, common questions.
What decides the quote for a news portal?
We send a quote after a free 15-minute call. The main factors are:
- Sections: how many categories and page templates the portal needs.
- Roles: whether reporters, editors and admins need separate logins and an approval queue.
- Languages and archive: Bengali, English or both, and how many old articles we migrate.
- Integrations: ad slots, newsletter signup, analytics and tracking.
Can you get my news portal into Google News?
No company can promise that, because Google decides which publishers appear. We build what Google reads: NewsArticle structured data on every story, a news sitemap, bylines and author pages, clear published and updated times, and about, contact and editorial policy pages.
Should a news portal run on WordPress or custom code?
WordPress suits a desk that already knows it and needs standard features. Custom code suits a portal that needs very fast article pages, custom editorial roles or a layout no theme offers. The trade-off is that a custom build costs more up front and some changes need a developer. We build both.
Can the portal publish in both Bengali and English?
Yes. Each language can be a full edition with its own URLs, menus and section pages, linked with hreflang tags. Trip in Brazil and Accessible Trip Brazil each run 6 complete language editions, and NextGen Mobile's search handles Bengali and English.
Can you move our existing news site without losing search traffic?
We map every old article URL to its new address and set permanent redirects before launch. We migrated Rio Day Trip from a website-builder template with 51 permanent redirects, and it kept its search rankings.
How long does a news portal take to build?
A standard business website takes about 2 to 4 weeks. A news portal has logins, roles and an editor panel, so it takes longer, and we set the timeline once the sections and features are agreed.
Have you built a news portal for a client before?
Not yet. We have built the parts a portal is made of: long-form article pages, tag and topic pages, multilingual editions, admin panels with approvals and fast edge-rendered pages. Each is documented in a case study on this site.
Start here
Get a quote for your news portal.
Book a free 15-minute call and tell us about your sections, your team and your publishing plans. We work remotely with publishers and businesses across Bangladesh. You can also email [email protected].