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Britain is threatening to cut off funding to any organisation that does not comply with a new review into charities' work overseas.

The threat comes amid reports of sexual misconduct in Haiti by staff of the British-based charity Oxfam.

Oxfam Australia has condemned the alleged misconduct and says it has protocols in place to prevent sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse.

One of the world's biggest charity organisations, Oxfam, is facing growing criticism over its handling of misconduct allegations against a group of its workers in Haiti after a huge earthquake in 2010.

The allegations became public following a report in The Times newspaper.

At least seven people, including the charity's country director for Haiti at the time, allegedly used prostitutes at a villa Oxfam rented for him in the aftermath of the earthquake.

A federal parliamentary committee is set to be established to investigate the possibility of recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution.

Recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution, Labor plans to compensate victims of the Stolen Generations and a summit on child removal have dominated federal parliament.     

The proposals come as Australia learned only three out of seven Closing The Gap targets are on track. 

A federal parliamentary committee is set to be established to investigate the possibility of recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the Constitution.

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says the committee, which has the backing of the Opposition, will bring together the earlier work of the Referendum Council and other perspectives.

Reuters published a report describing how Myanmar troops and Buddhist villagers executed 10 Rohingya men in Rakhine’s Inn Dinn village on September 2, 2017 before dumping their bodies into a mass grave. Myanmar’s army issued a rare statement admitting that security forces took part in extrajudicial killings of 10 Rohingya “terrorists” in Inn Din village. The Reuters report said witnesses denied there had been any major attack from Rohingya militants before the alleged massacre.

Two time ex Prime Minister and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia, now in jail following conviction in Zia Orphanage Trust graft case,

Begum Zia’s sentencing in a case that has been hanging for over 10 years may be interpreted as aimed at shutting the main opposition from participation in the next elections. This may not be an unreasonable interpretation, given the one-sided elections of 2015.

The first test of the two-match series between hosts Bangladesh and touring Sri Lanka ended in a draw in the final session of the 5th and final day at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chittagong on Sunday, featuring 105 by Mominul Haque and 94 runs Liton Das

With the 11th national parliamentary election due in the last quarter of this year, the relatively quiet political arena of Bangladesh has turned violent, centering a lower court verdict against former three-time Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, scheduled for February 8.

Government leader of the House of Representatives Christopher Pyne says the government will refer Labor M-P Susan Lamb's case to the High Court if she doesn't do the right thing and step down from her Brisbane seat.

Mr Pyne says there's no way Ms Lamb can pretend she isn't a British citizen.

He's told the A-B-C .. the Queensland M-P should resign

"There's no need for Susan Lamb to be referred to the High Court. Susan Lamb is a U-K citizen. She has admitted it herself through her barristers' opinion. There's nothing for the High Court to find with Susan Lamb. Susan Lamb is a U-K citizen right now."    

The Focal Theme of International Kolkata Book Fair this year – France— the centre of culture of Europe. This will be France’s 3rd appearance as Focal theme country at the International Kolkata Book Fair

Language movement is a historical part of Bangladesh. In 1947 India and Pakistan gained independence from Great Britain. Two new state born in the world map. Pakistan was decided Urdu will be their state language. One thing is mentionable here that  Pakistan had two part, One is East Pakistan (present Bangladesh) and other is West Pakistan (Present Pakistan).

All the people of East Pakistan were Bengali speaking. Mother tongue is divine gift. But it was an irony of fate that the rulers of Pakistan tried to impose Urdu as mother tongue instead of Bangla.

February plays an important role in making Bangalis aware of their cultural and national heritage and ultimately and the background to the rise of Bangali nationalism. Since 2000, 21 February is also being observed as the International Mother Language Day

It is a major blow for the Federal Opposition and its leader ahead of parliament's return next week.

After a decade in parliament, David Feeney has resigned, joining a list of nine other MPs ousted over the dual-citizenship saga sweeping through Canberra.

Two of the MPs have since returned, but Mr Feeney's resignation shows the controversy is not finished yet.

His story started last year, when he admitted he could not find the documents to prove his British renunciation, his father being an Irishman.

The Melbourne-based MP says he conducted an exhaustive search of his own records, as well as those held by the UK Home Affairs Office and the UK High Commission in Australia.

Weeks later, he says, he still cannot find the evidence he needs, and he admits the documents, from over 10 years ago, have probably been destroyed.