Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Toufique Imrose Khalidi, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of bdnews24.com and a pioneer of digital journalism in Bangladesh, passed away at a hospital in London on Friday. He was 59.

Khalidi suffered a brain haemorrhage while on a personal visit to London and was admitted to St Bartholomew's Hospital on Thursday night. Doctors pronounced him dead at 2:23pm local time on Friday, according to the news portal.

Born on June 14, 1967, Khalidi earned his master's degree in English Literature from Dhaka University before embarking on a career in journalism in 1989 with The Sunday Express.

Over a career spanning more than three decades, Khalidi held key positions across national and international media. He worked at the BBC World...