bdnews24.com editor-in-chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi dies

Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of online news outlet bdnews24.com, has died. He was 59. He died while undergoing treatment at a hospital in London on Friday.

According to a report published by bdnews24, Toufique Imrose Khalidi was taken to a London hospital on Thursday night after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

Physicians pronounced him dead at 2:23 pm local time on Friday.

Family said Toufique Imrose Khalidi was in London on a personal trip. He suddenly fell ill there.

Toufique Imrose Khalidi studied in the Department of English at the University of Dhaka and worked as a journalist at The Daily Star and the BBC. He took charge of bdnews24.com in 2006. He had served as the news outlet’s editor-in-chief since then.