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Kamal Lohani
কামাল লোহানী
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Lohani in 2018
Director General of Shilpakala Academy
In office
20 April 2009 – 10 April 2011
Preceded by Bhuiyan Shafiqul Islam
Succeeded by Liaquat Ali Lucky
Personal details
Born
Abu Naeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani

(1934-06-26)26 June 1934
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 – 20 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2015 by the Government of Bangladesh. He served as the director general of Shilpakala Academy from April 2009 until April 2011.

Career

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

Early life

Kamal Lohani was born on 26 June 1934, in the village of Santala in the then Pabna District (now Ullahpara Upazila of Sirajganj District). His father's name was Abu Yusuf Mohammad Musa Khan Lohani and his mother's name was Rokeya Khan Lohani. His real name is Abu Naeem Mohammad Mostafa Kamal Khan Lohani. In 1952, he passed the secondary examination from Pabna Zilla School. He completed his higher education from Govt. Edward College, Pabna.

Personal life

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Lohani in 1960

In 1960, Lohani married Syeda Dipti Rani (d. 2007). She was his fellow political party member. Together they had two daughters and a son.

Death

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

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