Kamal Lohani | |
Native Name: | কামাল লোহানী |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Director General of Shilpakala Academy |
Term Start: | 20 April 2009 |
Term End: | 10 April 2011 |
Predecessor: | Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam[1] |
Successor: | Liaquat Ali Lucky |
Occupation: | Journalist, administrator |
Birth Date: | 26 June 1934 |
Birth Place: | British Raj |
Children: | 3 |
Death Cause: | COVID-19 |
Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Resting Place: | Sontala Central Graveyard, Sirajganj |
Birth Name: | Abu Naeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani |
Birth Place: | Santala in the then Pabna District (now Ullahpara Upazila of Sirajganj District)--> |
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]
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]
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.
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]
Lohani died from COVID-19-related complications on 20 June 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh.[12] [13]