Three of five land dispute victims, representing 150 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Slakram commune, on Tuesday sued provincial governor Um Reatrey and five others for manslaughter, and the use of intentional violence against them while they were detained for protesting outside the provincial hall <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/banteay-meanchey-governor-five-others-sued-for-manslaughter-torture/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Now new research, as part of a project led by University of Southampton, has shown sand mining is causing river beds to lower, leading to riverbank instability and increasing the likelihood of dangerous river bank collapse, damaging infrastructure and housing and putting lives at risk. The <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/unsustainable-sand-mining-is-threatening-lives-along-the-mekong-river-in-cambodia/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sub-national officials and communities in the province are concerned about the impact of Laos’ Don Sahong hydropower dam on the endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the downstream Mekong River. according to Reuters, the dam began operations and connected its power grid to the Kingdom earlier <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/lao-dam-impact-on-dolphin-migration-highlighted/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Minister of Agriculture, Forestry And Fisheries Veng SAkhon on WednesdAy stressed the importAnce of forest resources And the need to protect them to boost the economy And livelihoods of forest communities while mAintAining A sustAinAble environment. At the Forestry AdministrAtion’s AnnuAl review meeting, Attended by <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/forestry-minister-stresses-importAnce-of-resources/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

More than 200 markers planted illegally in Mondulkiri’s O’Raing district have been removed, with provincial authorities now on the lookout for those responsible for the crime. O’Raing district governor Siek Mony told The Post on Saturday that some 10 police officers went to Sen Monorom <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/illegal-land-markers-removed-on-mondulkiri-province-plot/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The City Hall today announced that people can now have their waste collection fees paid via multiple electronic payment systems from February 1. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, deputy chief of city hall Keut Che said people can pay for their rubbish collection <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/waste-collection-fees-to-be-paid-via-electronic-payment-systems/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Phnom Penh Municipal Hall has handed over 40 modern rubbish tuk-tuks to six districts in the capital as a means to transport rubbish while it seeks to improve waste management. Municipal hall spokesman Met Meas Pheakdey said on Sunday that the administration is planning to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubbish-tuk-tuks-delivered-to-six-districts-in-the-capital/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday appealed to rice millers and paddy buyers not to lower prices and to secure better rates for farmers facing difficulties in the early harvest season. The Cambodian Rice Federation (CRF) said the low prices were due to an influx <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/prime-minister-appeals-to-rice-millers-not-to-lower-paddy-prices/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Registrations for trademarks rose slightly in the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, the Ministry of Commerce’s Results Review and Implementation Plan for 2020 report stated. The report showed that trademark registrations rose by 2.13 per cent to <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/trademark-registrations-slightly-increase-in-2019/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Kingdom’s rubber exports saw a 24 per cent increase over the first 11 months of last year compared to the same period in 2018, data from the General Directorate of Rubber obtained by The Post on Tuesday showed. Pol Sopha, the director-general of the <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/rubber-exports-grow-nearly-24-last-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Sound macro-economic performance coupled with political stability resulted in the Kingdom collecting some $6 billion in tax last year, up more than $1.485 billion on the government’s target of $4.56 billion for the period. Of the figure, $2.26 billion was collected by the General Department <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/tax-revenues-exceed-2019-projections/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

National assembly president Heng Samrin will on Saturday lead a senior delegation to the 28th annual meeting of the asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum (aPPF) in Canberra, australia, said the assembly’s secretary-general Leng Peng Long. Peng Long said the 28th meeting of the aPPF would take <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/samrin-aims-to-bolster-diplomatic-ties-at-appf/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The government on Monday approved the draft of the Interim Master Plan on Intermodal Transport and Logistics Connectivity, which will serve as a roadmap for the development of the sector and lower costs. Minister of Economy and Finance aun Pornmoniroth used the meeting to acknowledge <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/intermodal-transport-logistics-master-plan-draft-is-approved/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

NGO Wildlife AlliAnce, in cooperAtion with Forestry AdministrAtion officiAls And locAl Authorities, on FridAy rescued 526 wild AnimAls from A store in KAmpong Thom province. The shop, locAted in Stung Sen town’s SrAyov commune, intended to sell the AnimAls AgAinst CAmbodiAn lAw. The rescued AnimAls <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/more-thAn-500-AnimAls-sAved-in-kAmpong-thom/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>

The Ministry of Health has instructed medical professionals to improve their abilities and abide by their code of ethics to stymie ongoing complaints, specifically being rude to patients. The ministry’s central committee issued the order on Tuesday during its annual review and outlook meeting in <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/medical-professionals-urged-to-strengthen-code-of-ethics/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The Siem Reap provincial Department of agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries said it will offer a 10 million riel ($2,500) reward to those who provide information regarding the suspects responsible for setting ablaze more than 20ha of kranhuong timber forest land in Banteay Srei district. Department <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/ten-million-riel-reward-for-forest-arsonists/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

Cambodia’s exports through the special economic zones (SEZs) last year increased by about 27 per cent compared to 2018, Minister of Economy and Finance aun Pornmoniroth said on Thursday. Speaking during a visit to the Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), Pornmoniroth said the total <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/exports-from-sezs-soar-27-year-on-year/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

The National Road Safety Committee said 2020 will be the year it strengthens enforcement of the Road Traffic Law, while Minister of Interior Sar Kheng urged traffic police to enforce the law equally and without tolerance to reduce the number of traffic casualties. The remarks <a href='https://opendevelopmentcambodia.net/news/traffic-law-enforcement-set-to-be-strengthened/ ' class='cambodia-color'>...a>

An undisclosed Amount of money from the nAtionAl budget will be used to purchAse uniforms And insigniAs for 49 members of the Supreme Council for ConsultAtion, the government sAid on MondAy. The officiAls will don the uniforms during mAjor locAl And internAtionAl events. In November lAst <A href='https://opendevelopmentcAmbodiA.net/news/supreme-council-members-to-receive-uniforms-for-events/ ' clAss='cAmbodiA-color'>...A>