Kamal Lohani

Kamal Lohani
কামাল লোহানী
Lohani in 2018
Director General of Shilpakala Academy
In office 20 April 2009 – 10 April 2011
Preceded by	Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam[1]
Succeeded by	Liaquat Ali Lucky
Personal details
Born	Abu Naeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani (1934-06-26)26 June 1934[2] British Raj
Died	20 June 2020(2020-06-20) (aged 85) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Cause of death	COVID-19
Resting place	Sontala Central Graveyard, Sirajganj
Spouse	Dipti Rani ​ ​ (m. 1960; died 2007)​
Children	3
Occupation	Journalist, administrator

Kamal Lohani (26 June 1934[2] – 20 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi journalist.[3] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh.[4] He served as the director general of Shilpakala Academy from April 2009 until April 2011.[5][6]

Career

Lohani got his first job as a journalist in the Daily Millat in 1955.[7] He joined as a secretary at Chhayanaut, a cultural organization, in 1962. He formed a left cultural organization – Kranti in 1967.[7]

Early life

Abu Naeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani was born on 26 June 1934, in the village of Khan Santala into a Bengali Muslim Khan Pathan family descended from the Lohani Pashtun tribe in the then Pabna District (now Ullahpara Upazila of Sirajganj District).[8][9] His father's name was Abu Yusuf Mohammad Musa Khan Lohani and his mother's name was Rokeya Khanam Lohani.[10] In 1952, he passed the secondary examination from Pabna Zilla School.[11] He completed his higher education from Govt. Edward College, Pabna.[2]

Personal life

Lohani in 1960

In 1960, Lohani married his cousin Syeda Dipti Rani. She was his fellow political party member.[7] Together they had two daughters and a son.[7]

Death

Lohani died from COVID-19-related complications on 20 June 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[12][13]

References

1. "New reshuffle in admin". The Daily Star. 2008-04-01. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
2. কামাল লোহানী আর নেই (in Bengali). June 20, 2020.
3. Ananta Yusuf (June 19, 2015). "Kamal Lohani: A Revolutionary Life". The Daily Star. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
4. "Poet Nurul Huda among 15 named for Ekushey Padak 2015". bdnews24.com. 8 February 2015.
5. "Reception to Kamal Lohani". The Daily Star. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
6. "Lucky new DG of Shilpakala". The Daily Star. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
7. Ananta Yusuf (June 19, 2015). "The Song of the Sea". The Daily Star. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
8. "কামাল লোহানী: একটি অধ্যায়ের পরিসমাপ্তি". banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2024-03-31.
9. আহমেদ হুমায়ুন কবির তপু (June 19, 2015). স্কুল থেকে ভাষার মিছিলে, তারপর এগিয়ে চলা (in Bengali). The Daily Star. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
10. কামাল লোহানী: একটি অধ্যায়ের পরিসমাপ্তি (in Bengali). June 20, 2020.
11. "Pabna Zilla School". Facebook (in Bengali). June 20, 2020.
12. "Veteran journalist Kamal Lohani passes away". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-06-20. Retrieved 2020-06-20.
13. কামাল লোহানী আর নেই. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 20 June 2020. Retrieved 2020-06-20.