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  Up to 2 years in jail for spitting on police in Belgium

  Agence France-Presse . Brussels | Updated at 09:33pm on March 31, 2020

  Another sign of the times under coronavirus: spitting on a police officer in Belgium now carries punishment of up to two years in prison, seen...

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  BNP seeks police protection for Khaleda

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:13am on March 30, 2020

  The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has sought police protection for its chairperson Khaleda Zia, who has been passing days in home quarantine since her release on...

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  Police yet to prosecute Kurigram DC, RDC, ADCs

  M Moneruzzaman | Updated at 11:28pm on March 29, 2020

  Ignoring the High Court Division’s directive issued a week back, the police did not record attempt-to-murder case against former Kurigram deputy commissioner Sultana Parveen and...

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  Policeman assaults journalists in Barishal

  United News of Bangladesh . Barishal | Updated at 01:15pm on March 29, 2020

  Two photojournalists were physically assaulted by a policeman for taking photos of a campaign to prevent coronavirus transmission, amid the government’s directives to law enforcers...

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  Excesses by authorities mar government efforts to fight coronavirus

  Muktadir Rashid | Updated at 11:26pm on March 28, 2020

  Excesses by the authorities including army, police and public administration officials were reported in different parts of the country when they were engaged in ensuring...

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  South African police fire rubber bullets at shoppers during lockdown

  Agence France-Presse . Johannesburg | Updated at 10:36pm on March 28, 2020

  South African police enforcing a coronavirus lockdown on Saturday fired rubber bullets towards hundreds of shoppers queuing outside a supermarket in Johannesburg, an AFP photographer...

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  Case filed against 1,000 workers in Dinajpur

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:53am on March 28, 2020

  A tea vendor was killed and at least 10 people injured as police opened fire on jute mill workers, who took to the streets demanding...

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  Man dies in police custody in Barguna

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:40am on March 28, 2020

  A man died in police custody on Thursday morning, three days after he was detained at Amtali in Barguna. The victim’s family alleged that the...

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  One killed as police open fire on agitating workers in Dinajpur

  United News of Bangladesh.Dinajpur | Updated at 11:49am on March 26, 2020

  A jute mill worker was killed as police reportedly opened fire during a demonstration by jute mill workers in Biral of Dinajpur on Wednesday night...

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  NSI DD found dead at home

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:24am on March 22, 2020

  A deputy director of National Security Intelligence was found dead at his house in the capital’s Mohammadpur on Friday evening, the police officials said on...