Toufique Imrose Khalidi, editor-in-chief of bdnews24.com, the country’s first online news outlet, died at a London hospital at 2:23pm on Friday.

Sumon Mahmud, a senior reporter and former chief reporter of bdnews24, confirmed the death to Daily Waadaa.

Khalidi, 59, was admitted to St Bartholomew’s Hospital on Thursday after suffering a brain haemorrhage, bdnews24 reported.

The family said he was in London on a family visit.