Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Around 8:30pm, the newsroom was filled up on a Friday night. One former colleague after another arrived at bdnews24.com. Faces were sombre, some eyes wet with tears. They struggled with the same thought: the news could not be true, could not be accepted.

As word spread of the death of bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi, former colleagues returned to the newsroom carrying memories of conversations, lessons and moments that had suddenly become part of the past.

For Makful Saad, a former bdnews24.com journalist, working with Khalidi had been a "memorable" experience.

"Toufique Bhai practised professional journalism with dedication throughout his life. He inspired many young people like me to take up jour...