Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said the country lost a progressive personality and a great fighter of secular spirit at the death of  journalist,eminent cultural personality and valiant freedom fighter Kamal Lohani.

President Abdul Hamid on Saturday expressed deep shock over the death of eminent journalist and cultural personality Kamal Lohani.

Veteran journalist and cultural activist Kamal Lohani who had contracted  coronavirus died at Sheikh Russel Gastroliver Hospital in the city on Saturday . He was 86.   He breathed his last at 10: 10 am at the hospital, said Sagar Lohani, son of Kamal Lohani.   Kamal Lohani was hospitalised with lung and kidney complications but was later diagnosed with coronavirus infection.   Kamal Lohani, who received Ekushey Padak in 2015,  served as the Director General of Shilpakala Academy from April 2009 to April 2011.   Born on June 26, 1934, Kamal Lohani grew up witnessing India's independence movement, the partition and the 1952 Language Movement.   Kamal Lohani performed as the head of news of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.   Lohani got his first job as a journalist in the Daily Millat in 1955. Later in 1962, he joined Chhayanaut, a cultural organisation, as its secretary.   Also Read - Bangladesh’s confirmed coronavirus cases exceed 100,000