A Telegram bot that aggregates news and notices from multiple Bangladeshi sources and delivers them to configured Telegram channels.

• National University Bangladesh (nu.ac.bd) notices
• Prothom Alo (prothomalo.com)
  • General news
  • Science & Technology news
• BBC Bangla (bbc.com/bengali)
• Kaler Kantho (kalerkantho.com) Science & Technology news
• Ridmik News technology section

• Multi-source proxy support for accessing blocked sites
  • HTTP, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies
  • Integration with proxybd and proxyscrape.com
• Telegraph integration for better reading experience
• Automatic post categorization and tagging
• Health check monitoring integration
• Configurable posting delays and rate limiting
• Error reporting via dedicated Telegram channel
• Cloudflare Worker Scheduler: Automated workflow triggering every 30 minutes

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://gitlab.com/MS-Jahan/newspaper-bot-sjs.git
cd newspaper-bot-sjs

2. Install dependencies:

pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Configure environment variables:

BOT_TOKEN=your_telegram_bot_token
CHAT_ID=main_channel_id
SCIENCE_CHAT_ID=science_channel_id
NATIONAL_UNIVERSITY_CHAT_ID=nu_channel_id
ERROR_MESSAGE_CHAT_ID=error_channel_id
HC_PING_ID=healthcheck_ping_id

This project includes a Cloudflare Worker that automatically triggers the GitHub Actions workflow every 30 minutes. This provides a reliable, cost-effective alternative to GitHub's built-in cron schedules.

1. Navigate to the worker directory:

cd cloudflare-worker

2. Run the deployment script:

# On Linux/Mac:
./deploy.sh

# On Windows:
deploy.bat

3. Follow the prompts to set up your GitHub token and other required secrets.

For detailed setup instructions, see the Cloudflare Worker README.

• nunotice.py - National University notice monitor
• grab_news.py - Prothom Alo news aggregator
• grab_science_news.py - Prothom Alo science news
• grab_bbc_news.py - BBC Bangla news aggregator
• grab_kalerkontho_science_news.py - Kaler Kantho science news
• grab_ridmik_science_news.py - Ridmik science news
• helpers.py - Proxy handling and utility functions
• cloudflare-worker/ - Automated scheduler implementation

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

This project is open source and available under the MIT License.

Active development - Features and improvements are being added occasionally.