The government’s Auction Committee has announced a public auction of more than 1,500 cubic metres of illegally logged timber at a starting price of some 1.4 billion riel (approximately $353,000). This is based on a June 6 announcement by the Ministry of Environment’s General Department ss='cambodia-color'>...

Cambodia and Laos will sign a power deal next week during the state visit of the Laotian prime minister. Through next week’s agreement, the Kingdom will buy 2,400 megawatts from neighbouring Laos. Next week’s deal will be discussed at the Council of Ministers tomorrow, according ss='cambodia-color'>...

Private companies have expressed their “deepest concerns” over the potential withdrawal of the Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential scheme. In a joint letter to the European Commission, they said the move will negatively impact the Kingdom. The letter, signed by 40 of the Kingdom’s private ss='cambodia-color'>...

Some 60 per cent of 302 familieS living at Boeung Samrong lake in Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Prek Pnov diStrict agreed to accept compenSation aS authoritieS began draining the lake in preparation for increaSing itS depth, Said Prek Pnov adminiStration chief Sim Sophorng. However, the remaining reSidentS SS='cambodia-color'>...

The private sector has welcomed the government’s move to reduce the number of public holidays in the in the Kingdom – known for having the most public holidays in the world – by seven days. However, the government had just added the “Day of Remembrance” ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen on Friday announced the government’s new strategy for budget reform aimed at enhancing the sound management of public funds. Dubbed ‘Budget system reform programme for 2018-2025’, the new blueprint for the country’s budgetary policy was presented to the public during the ss='cambodia-color'>...

Seventeen familieS from Phnom Penh&rSquo;S Meanchey diStrict, who claim they have lived in the area for two decadeS and are Cambodian by birth, proteSted againSt diStrict authoritieS on WedneSday for deSignating them aS VietnameSe immigrantS. The familieS, from Chak Angre Krom commune&rSquo;S Tuol Roka village, SS='cambodia-color'>...

Villagers and local freshwater vendors on Thursday expressed concern about fresh water supply in Preah sihanouk province, after a private company partially filled fresh water reservoir Boeung Prek Tup with sand for tourist development. Boeung Prek Tup is a natural lake located in sihanoukville’s Village ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Information Ministry yesterday announced that the draft Law on Access to Information is ready to be reviewed during an unspecified inter-ministerial meeting next month after it deemed that the draft’s contents are in line with international standards and the constitution. It also said the draft ss='cambodia-color'>...

The Turkish government is preparing documents and evidence to give to the Cambodian government in order to close Zaman schools, an official said yesterday. Turkey’s ambassador to Cambodia Ilhan Kemal Tug told Deputy Prime Minister Hor Namhong yesterday that his government was gathering evidence and documents ss='cambodia-color'>...

KhmerToGo.com can’t solve the capital’s traffic problem, but it can keep residents and restaurant owners from getting stuck in it.The new online supermarket is set to go fully operational next week, offering what it claims will be the country’s most comprehensive selection of wholesale and ss='cambodia-color'>...

A dead Irrawaddy dolphin was found on the banks of the Mekong early yesterday morning in Kratie province’s Chet Borey district, according to police. District police chief Noun Yin said officers were unable to determine the cause of the dolphin’s death because there were no physical ss='cambodia-color'>...

Two years since the opening of Cambodia’s first large-scale rice paddy bank, the private sector company behind the project is seeking additional capital to carry it through the next five years. Thaneakea srov (Kampuchea) Plc launched services in late August 2014 with its sprawling facility in ss='cambodia-color'>...

Direct flights between Phnom Penh and Indonesia’s capital Jakarta may soon be a reality, if a current feasibility study by the country’s national airline, Garuda Indonesia, suggests it is viable. While a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two countries concerning direct flights has already been ss='cambodia-color'>...

Police in Takeo province’s Prey Kabbas district are investigating the theft of equipment from a Prey Lvea commune voter registration office on Thursday. National Election Committee voter registration department head Top Rithy said the thief or thieves broke the building’s lock and swiped all but the ss='cambodia-color'>...

The National Election Committee (NEC) can now turn its attention to preparations for next year’s national election, which are already underway as voter registration will start in september, said Khorn Keo Mono, director of the NEC’s communications department. Mr. Keo Mono said on Tuesday that ss='cambodia-color'>...

Rampant deforestation and development have increased pressure on animals throughout Cambodia. They’ve especially intensified in the country’s “spirit forests,” as the hill communities like the ethnic-minority Chong call them, which are some of the creatures’ last refuges. But the changes also threaten their culture, as ss='cambodia-color'>...

Prime Minister Hun sen escalated the government’s attacks on media outlets and NGOs yesterday, reiterating in a speech that the Cambodia Daily would have to “pack up their things and leave” if they failed to pay a $6.3 million tax bill, while at the same ss='cambodia-color'>...

Officials expressed optimism that microfinance institution Prasac would be able to attract more deposit placing clients, after the inauguration of its new headquarters in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Tompun district yesterday. Representatives from the National Bank of Cambodia  and Prasac expect the new 10-storey building to enhance ss='cambodia-color'>...

More than 60 families will have their homes destroyed to make way for a new overpass in Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district once construction begins in June, according to a statement posted saturday on the city’s website. The overpass spanning Monireth Boulevard will displace 66 families and ss='cambodia-color'>...