Kamal Lohani tests positive for Covid-19

Published : 19 Jun 2020, 12:50

Sahos Desk

Legendary journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani, who was admitted to Health and Hope Hospital at Panthapath in Dhaka on Wednesday morning with kidney and lung infection, has tested positive for coronavirus.

Kamal Lohani’s son Sagar Lohani confirmed the news.

Earlier, he was hospitalised on May 17. He was discharged from the hospital on June 2. He was well for a week and then his health condition again worsened, said Sagar Lohani.

Kamal Lohani, an epic figure of cultural activism, was born on June 26, 1934. He was a journalist and journalist union leaders for more than 60 years.

He grew up witnessing the Indian independence movement, the partition and the language movement.

He devoted his life to many cultural movements through Chhayanaut, Kranti Shilpo Goshti, Gonoshilpi Sangstha and Udichi Shilpogoshthi and others.

He was imprisoned time and again for his political activism in the Language Movement, the struggle for independence. He also worked as a commentator, orator, anchor, and dancer spanning over a long career. He penned 12 books, including two volume of poetry.

Source:Daily Sun

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