What is Kamal Lohani?
{{Infobox writer|name=Kamal Lohani|image=Kamal Lohani.jpg|caption=Kamal Lohani}} '''Kamal Lohani''' (26 June 1934 – 20 June 2020) was a [[Bangladesh]]i journalist.<ref name=cover>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/cover-story/kamal-lohani-revolutionary-life-99067|title=KAMAL LOHANI: A REVOLUTIONARY LIFE|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=June 26, 2015|author=Ananta Yusuf|publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> He was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 2015 by the [[Government of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |date=8 February 2015 |title=Poet Nurul Huda among 15 named for Ekushey Padak 2015 |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/02/08/poet-nurul-huda-among-15-named-for-ekushey-padak-2015 |newspaper=bdnews24.com}}</ref> He was the director general of [[Shilpakala Academy]] from April 2009 until April 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-84833|title=Reception to Kamal Lohani|date=2009-04-20|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-181296|title=Lucky new DG of Shilpakala|date=2011-04-11|website=The Daily Star|language=en|access-date=2019-02-13}}</ref> Lohani got his first job as a journalist in the [[Millat|Daily Millat]] in 1955.<ref name=song>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/star-weekend/spotlight/the-song-the-sea-99115|title=The Song of the Sea|author=Ananta Yusuf|publisher=The Daily Star|date=June 19, 2015|access-date=June 26, 2015}}</ref> He joined as a secretary at [[Chhayanaut]] in 1962. He formed a left cultural organization – ''Kranti'' in 1967.<ref name=song/> Lohani died on 20 June 2020 from [[COVID-19]] in [[Dhaka]], aged 85.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-20|title=Veteran journalist Kamal Lohani passes away|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2020/06/20/veteran-journalist-kamal-lohani-passes-away|access-date=2020-06-20|website=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=কামাল লোহানী আর নেই|url=https://www.kalerkantho.com/online/national