<p>The directive banning the screening of foreign films during the prime-time slot at Cambodia-based television stations will move ahead and be more strictly enforced from January 1, according to the Information Ministry. ...p>

<p>The Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) has called on schools to adopt a flexible school uniform policy to help transgender students and for the government to introduce(CCHR) anti-discrimination laws, in partnership with a USAID program worth almost $300,000. &nbsp; ...p>

<p>Labour rights abuses are taking place at Cambodian supplier factories for US clothing retailer Gap Inc, according to a new report, the latest in a series aimed at bringing attention to perennially poor conditions in the Kingdom’s garment industry ahead of the International Labour Organization’s ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Commerce yesterday announced revised price caps on fuel sold at retail petrol stations throughout the Kingdom from June 12-21, setting a price ceiling of 3,450 riel per litre on regular gasoline, 3,500 riel per litre on premium gasoline and 3,150 riel per ...p>

<p>Thailand’s Sahacogen (Chonburi) pcl, an independent producer and distributor of electricity and steam, will form a joint venture with Saha patthana Inter Holding pcl, the investment arm of Thailand’s Saha Group, to invest in biomass power plants in Cambodia and Myanmar, according to online business ...p>

<p>Cambodia National Rescue party (CNRp) Mps are to end their boycott of parliament, saying the national interest takes priority.The boycott started in May after security forces tried to arrest deputy party leader Kem Sokha after he refused to attend court for questioning over an alleged ...p>

<p>Advanced Bank of Asia Limited (ABA Bank of Cambodia) officially unveiled a new logo yesterday, as it builds on its majority ownership by the National Bank of Canada.The National Bank of Canada integrated the ABA Bank as part of its group after becoming the major ...p>

<p>Thai officials will next month waive fees at border gates to allow workers from Cambodia to return home for the New Year.&nbsp;The Cambodian embassy in Thailand yesterday confirmed the move to Khmer Times and said the free pass will apply to all Cambodian workers and ...p>

<p>Today, mulberry trees are a rarity in Cambodia – most of them having been destroyed during the Khmer Rouge era – and silk weavers in phnom penh’s main silk producing area in Koh Dach, an island on the Mekong river, have no choice but to ...p>

<p>With the commune elections just around the corner, the government has yet to come up with a plan to help garment workers get to the polls.Many have come forward with concerns that they may be unable to get time off work or be able to ...p>

<p>Open Development Cambodia (ODC) publishes a new topic page on “Animals” under Environment and natural resources&nbsp;in both Khmer and English.=>please click here to get into Animals topic page. ...p>

<p>Siem Reap city authorities issued a letter on Friday, asking all residents, markets, hotels, and guesthouses to control the disposal of trash and divide it properly.Siem Reap city governor So platong said residents should not throw trash in the street or burn it, but put ...p>

<p>The National Assembly yesterday approved an amendment to the penal Code allowing prison sentences for anyone insulting the King.An extraordinary session was held yesterday to discuss and then approve the penal Code amendment, as well as amending five articles of the constitution and a draft ...p>

<p>Affordable houses for low-income earners and state workers will go on sale within two&nbsp; weeks after a groundbreaking ceremony on Saturday.&nbsp;The project, aimed at the lower middle class, low-income earners and state workers, will be restricted at first to low-income civil servants, said building contractor ...p>

<p>Cambodia and Vietnam have vowed to build closer ties and improve border trade after three days of closed-door meetings.&nbsp;Chum Sounry, the spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said officials from the two countries spent time discussing how to work together on agriculture, education, culture, energy, ...p>

<p>The National Election Committee has barred 88 candidates from standing in the commune elections for a variety of odd reasons.&nbsp;Seven parties have had candidates stood down: the Cpp, CNRp, Funcinpec, the Khmer National United party, the Beehive Social Democratic party, the League for Democracy party ...p>

<p>A $100 million electricity and fresh water deal for a joint-venture between Cambodia’s LYp Group and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) will not be signed as expected when prime Minister Hun Sen meets his Thai counterpart Gen prayut Chan-o-cha today for bilateral talks, ...p>

<p>The 38-year-old former governor of Ratanakkiri province’s Banlung city was apprehended in phnom penh yesterday nearly six months after a warrant for his arrest was issued.Keng Sokunthea, deputy director of the Interior Ministry’s penal department, said his officials arrested Ouk Sam Ol in front of ...p>

<p>Kep province will be granted an award at the Asean Tourism Forum in Thailand later this month.According to a letter by the Tourism Ministry’s National Committee for Clean City Assessment signed by Tourism Minister Thong Khun, Kep will be given the Asean Clean Tourism award ...p>

<p>Authorities suspect that a new case of H5N1, or bird flu, has emerged in Mondulkiri province after more than 60 villagers’ chickens fell ill.Sok Kheang, chief of the provincial agriculture and fisheries department, said more than 60 chickens in Keo Seima district had fallen ill ...p>