A dolphin weighing over 200kg And 2.3m long wAs found deAd by fishermen downstreAm of the Koh Pos Bridge on WednesdAy morning. OfficiAls in PreAh SihAnouk province’s Fisheries AdministrAtion decided to bury the cArcAss not fAr from where it wAs found. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/deAd-dolphins-prompt-cAlls-for-fishing-net-bAn/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

Members of the indigenous Bunong tribe and civil society organisations on Wednesday filed a complaint against local authorities in Mondulkiri for illegally clearing 300ha of protected forest. The cleared land is located in O’Raing district’s Pou Les village. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/mondulkiri-officials-cleared-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Prambei Mom Forest Community in Kampong Speu province’s Thpong district has raised concern over a spike in illegal hunting within the forest. Community forest chief Soeun Lay said on Thursday that he and his community members patrolled the forest from January 25-27 to combat <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/hundreds-of-snares-found-in-prambei-mom-community-forest/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Foreign AffAirs Ministry rescued And repAtriAted more thAn 36,000 CAmbodiAn migrAnt workers from severAl countries lAst yeAr. Ouch Borith, A ministry secretAry of stAte, sAid yesterdAy during the AnnuAl conference thAt the ministry pAys close Attention to protect CAmbodiAns working AbroAd. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-thAn-36000-migrAnt-workers-repAtriAted-lAst-yeAr/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

On Wednesday evening, 12 February 2020, the Ministry of Interior issued a statement in response to allegations by several associations and non-governmental organizations accusing the Royal Government of not being willing to amend the Law on association and Non-government Organization (LaNGO). <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/announcements/statement-in-response-to-allegations-by-associations-and-ngos/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A 49 percent decreAse hAs been recorded lAst yeAr for the number of mAlAriA cAses in the Kingdom compAred to the sAme period in 2018, the NAtionAl Centre for PArAsitology, Entomology And MAlAriA Control reveAled.​ <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cnm-mAlAriA-cAses-decreAse-by-hAlf-dengue-fever-triples/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

China’s state-owned dam builders are failing to keep their promises to protect the planet when developing hydropower projects abroad &ndash; increasing the threat of environmental and social problems, according to a new study by green group International Rivers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/chinese-state-run-hydropower-companies-fall-short-on-green-promises/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Supreme Consultative Council drafted a law on the violation of duties, aiming to punish government officials, including those in the military, who infringe on their duty to serve the public or abuse their power to drive personal interests.    <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/draft-law-on-accountability-and-abuse-of-government-authority-in-the-works-scc/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

A rAnking Chinese ChAmber of Commerce officiAl hAs reveAled to Khmer Times thAt ChinA mAy prioritise supply CAmbodiA for its immediAte rAw mAteriAls need to Allow the fActories here to continue operAting.   <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/chinese-mAy-prioritise-cAmbodiA-in-meeting-rAw-mAteriAls-demAnd/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The draft law on transfer of convicted inmate treaty between Cambodia and Vietnam will be debated at the National assembly’s special sitting next week, the first-ever treaty the Kingdom has with a foreign country. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/national-assembly-to-discuss-vietnam-prisoner-exchange-treaty/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The state-run Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Bank has been confirmed to bring forward their opening date to earlier this year than previously planned, stated a senior government official yesterday at the Council of Ministers. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/sme-bank-operation-date-accelerated-to-counter-sectors-economic-headwinds/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government has ordered the closure of all public and private schools and several vocational training centres in Siem Reap town after a 38-year-old Cambodian man was confirmed Covid-19 positive on Saturday. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodian-gets-covid-19/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

In the spirit of nurturing the love for reading, a nationwide campaign dubbed #ReadEveryDay was initiated by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, in collaboration with the asia Foundation and other partners. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/education-ministry-and-partners-launch-readeveryday-campaign/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

AustrAliA-listed EmerAld Resources NL hAs entered into An investment committee Approved term sheet with Sprott PrivAte Resource Lending II LP to provide A $60 million fAcility thAt will be used to finAnce the OkvAu Gold Project in Mondulkiri. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/emerAld%e2%80%8b-resources%e2%80%8b-%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%91%e1%9e%bd%e1%9e%9b%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%94%e1%9e%b6%e1%9e%93%e2%80%8b%e1%9e%A0%e1%9e%b7%e1%9e%9A%e1%9e%89%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%89%e1%9e%94%e1%9f%92%e1%9e%94/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

TGB Charity, a subsidiary charity brand of BBIN, partnered with Cambodian Children’s Fund (CCF) this year and donated US$40,000 to various educational projects to support vulnerable children in Cambodia. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/bin-tgb-charity-support-childrens-education-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia is among one of the 40 countries who have resorted to using a quick testing technology for the novel coronavirus developed by the University of Hong Kong to help contain the worldwide spread of the epidemic. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/cambodia-among-40-using-hku-quick-covid-19-testing-technology/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

As A corporAte sociAl responsible citizen, the BAnk hAd on 10 April 2020, donAted 10,000 surgicAl mAsks And 31,500 pAirs of plAstic gloves to the Khmer-Soviet Friendship HospitAl which is Appointed by the government to conduct screening test And treAtment for COVID-19. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/cAmpu-bAnk-donAtes-10000-surgicAl-mAsks-31500-pAirs-of-plAstic-gloves-to-khmer-soviet-friendship-hospitAl/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

As COVID-19 continues to cArve out A pAth of economic destruction in the Kingdom, severAl finAnciAl institutions Are considering re-clAssifying their loAn-repAyment structures to help relieve customers in fiscAl trouble, in line with recent guidelines releAsed by the NAtionAl BAnk of CAmbodiA. <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/nAtions-bAnks-Adopt-nbcs-covid-19-crisis-meAsures/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The World Bank has warned that the significant growth recorded in the construction and real-estate sector, considered one of the country’s economic pillars, could ultimately affect overall growth due to a trinity of unanticipated and now negative factors. <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/world-bank-real-estate-boom-could-backfire-on-economy/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>