Dhaka, Oct. 24 -- Toufique Imrose Khalidi, who built bdnews24.com from the ground up with a young team 15 years ago, reminded his colleagues of their roles in the newsroom and beyond as Bangladesh's largest news publisher stepped into a new day.

"It's a 24/7 newsroom. And there will be no full stops," the editor-in-chief said on Saturday, as he scooped up a slice of the giant anniversary cake, surrounded by colleagues from all departments.

Khalidi, a former BBC journalist, took cues from "No Full Stops in India", a book written by Mark Tully, another BBC journalist, on the human realities of life beyond the confines of full stops.

Khalidi's vision reflects the world of news guided by ethical practices but unshackled by external factors...