Dhaka, Oct. 10 -- With wet eyes and heavy hearts, friends, family, colleagues and well-wishers have seen off Toufique Imrose Khalidi, the trailblazer who led Bangladesh's news into the digital world.

They paid tribute to the late editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com in sorrow and affection.

Local Government Minister Abdul Moyeen Khan said Khalidi's death still feels "unbelievable".

When he heard the news, he was stunned and has not been able to believe it since, he said.

"When I looked at his face a little while ago, it seemed to me that he had come alive before me."

Moyeen recalled that the two met through bdnews24.com, and the acquaintance "grew into friendship". "Khalidi did not confine himself to delivering news.

"His analysis of Ban...