Dhaka, Oct. 3 -- Finance Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has remembered bdnews24.com Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi as an independent-minded journalist who maintained his own distinctive approach to the profession.

"He was a good journalist. He had his own individuality and his journalism was independent," Amir Khosru said in a condolence message on Saturday.

"He always practised journalism with his own independent outlook."

The finance minister said he had known Khalidi for many years, dating back to his time at The Daily Star.

"I had known Toufique for many years. I knew him when he was at The Daily Star, then he went to the BBC, and later worked at several other organisations for some time.

"We always remained in to...