Deaths
Published: 12:40 AM, 30 October 2018
Fazle Lohani
Fazle Lohani was a Bangladeshi journalist, television host, songwriter and film producer. He was best known for his popular Bengali-language TV news magazine show Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren, which aired on Bangladesh Television from 1977 to 1985.
Lohani published a weekly newspaper, The Purbabangla from Dhaka beginning in 1947 and a popular monthly magazine of literature and culture The Agatya (also transliterated as Ogotya) beginning in 1949. After working as a journalist in his homeland for few years, he went to England and reported for the BBC News.
Following his return, he pursued a career as a journalist and writer. He wrote the legendary song "Salam salam hajar salam..." sung by Abdul Jabbar and broadcast by Shadhin Bangla Betar Kendro in 1971. He also produced a film titled Pension.
