Toufique Khalidi’s Full Speech: AI, Accountability and the Next Revolution

The full speech by Editor-in-Chief Toufique Imrose Khalidi at bdnews24.com’s 19th anniversary (23 Oct 2025, Radisson Blu Dhaka Water Garden). He looks back to 2006, when bdnews24.com tore down the paywall to become Bangladesh’s first online newspaper, and sets out a forward pledge: “Harness AI to empower journalism, invest in investigations, keep news open and accountable”.