Lenin Gani ( bn, লেনিন গনি) (9 December 1967- May 2013) was a highly respected
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
i sports
journalist
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. He was the sports editor of ''
New Age
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'', and later ''
Bdnews24.com'', and was a senior member of the Bangladesh Sports Journalists Association.
Career
Lenin worked for a number of major newspapers of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, including, from 1993 to 2006, ''
The Daily Star''. In 2001 Lenin won the prestigious Best Sports Report award from Dhaka Reporters Unity.
Death
In 2008 Lenin was diagnosed with a rare terminal illness
Pulmonary Hypertension. He moved to the UK to receive treatment, and continued to contribute to Bangladeshi journalism in his debilitating state. On May 23, 2013 Lenin finally succumb to his condition.
Family
Lenin has a wife and daughter who live in the United Kingdom. His paternal family hail from
Beanibazar
Beanibazar ( bn, বিয়ানীবাজার, Biyanībazar, Morning Market) is an upazila (sub-district) of Sylhet District in northeastern Bangladesh, part of the Sylhet Division. The area is the successor of the territory of Panchakhanda ...
.
See also
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List of Bangladeshi people
Listed below are notable people who are either citizens of Bangladesh, born in the region of what is now Bangladesh, or of Bangladeshi origin living abroad. For brevity, people who fall into more than one category are listed in only one of them. Fo ...
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Deaths in May 2013
References
External Link
Other sources
bdnews24.comdhakatribune.com
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dhakamirror.comCricket and the Law
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Bangladeshi journalists
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Respiratory disease deaths in England
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1967 births
2013 deaths