មន្ត្រី​ជាន់ខ្ពស់​រាជរដ្ឋាភិបាល​ ​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ​ ​បាន​ណែនាំ​ឲ្យ​មន្ត្រី​ ​និង​ប្រជាពលរដ្ឋ​ ​បង្កើន​ការចូលរួម​ទប់ស្កាត់​បញ្ហា​គ្រោះថ្នាក់​ចរាចរណ៍​បន្ថែម​ទៀត​ ​ខណៈ​របាយការណ៍​បាន​បង្ហាញថា​ ​ក្នុង​រយៈពេល ១០ខែ​ឆ្នាំនេះ​ ​ករណី​គ្រោះថ្នាក់​ចរាចរណ៍​បាន​កើនឡើង​ជិត ៣០%​ ​បើ​ធៀប​នឹង​រយៈពេល​ដូចគ្នា ...

ព្រឹទ្ធសភា​បាន​អនុម័ត​សេចក្តីព្រាង​វិសោធនកម្ម​មាត្រា​ចំនួន​ ១០ នៃ​ច្បាប់​ស្តីពី​សហជីព​កាលពី​ថ្ងៃ​ចន្ទ​ក្នុងសម័យ​ប្រជុំ​លើក​ទី​ ៤ នីតិកាល​ទី​ ៤ ​ដោយ​សំឡេង​ ៥៨ លើ​ ៥៨ ដោយ​ឥត​កែប្រែ បន្ទាប់ពី​បាន​ឆ្លង​រដ្ឋសភា​កាលពី​ខែ​មុន​។ មាត្រា​ទាំង ១០ ​នោះ​រួមមាន មាត្រា​ ៣ មាត្រា​ ១៧ មាត្រា​ ២០ មាត្រា​​ ២១ មាត្រា​ ២៧ មាត្រា​ ២៨ មាត្រា​ ២៩ មាត្រា ...

Heng Hak wore a blank expression yesterday, her hair recently dyed a shade of blonde. Though her appearance suggested composure, a lift of her pant leg revealed the manifestation of the trauma she tried to escape last year. In March 2011, Hak jumped from the third ...

With GDP growth averaging around 9% for the past decade, Cambodia is certainly attracting interest from potential investors. It has possibly the most investor-friendly environment in Asean with no exchange controls, no restrictions on repatriation of profit, and no discrimination between foreign and local investors. Moreover, ...

High-profile Phnom Penh businesswoman Chhin Sokountheary has called on Prime Minister Hun Sen to return 33 hectares of prime land in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district to her company, which lost the rights to it when the government claimed the land in July. Sokountheary said she ...

Against the backdrop of the slight recovery by world economies, especially the US and Europe, two traditional markets for Cambodia, Asian Development Bank (ADB) deputy country director Peter Brimble sat down with the Post’s group business editor, May Kunmakara, to talk about Cambodia’s economic performance, ...

One of Cambodia’s true rags-to-riches success stories is that of Din Somethearith, co-founder and executive director of Frangipani Villa Hotels. Frangipani, named for the blosSoming tree, is a chain of boutique hotels, one of which is located just off Street 178 at number 43, down a ...

The CPP yesterday declared victory in Sunday’s commune election, saying it had taken 72 percent of the country’s commune councilor seats and all but 41 of the country’s 1,633 powerful commune chief positions. The SRP in turn said it took 19 percent of the available councilor ...

In a move that stunned his supporters and drew ire from rights groups and foreign embassies alike, independent radio station owner Mam Sonando was sentenced to 20 years in priSon yesterday on charges of insurrection. Sonando, owner of broadcaster Beehive Radio and president of the rights ...

From a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF said Tuesday in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011. But from forest loss to the construction of major hydropower projects ...

The Prey Lang Community Network yesterday delivered a letter to authorities in Kampong Thom province’s Sandan district calling for the postponement of a Vietnamese concessionaire’s forest clearing and notifying authorities of their intention to deliver a lawsuit to the provincial hall tomorrow, network activists said. According ...

In a ceremony of launching new book highlighted solutions to Cambodia’s cardamom conundrum, Author and scientist Timothy Killen explains the potential for Cambodia to become a world leader by pursuing an innovative, low carbon, green development pathway that will foster economic growth and create opportunities for its people, while conserving the natural environment. “Cambodia is ...

Phnom Penh: “Cambodia is needing $ 1 billion over the years or at least 100 million annual investment to develop renewable energy projects for rural electrification in order to reduce its dependence on diesel consumption,” said Mr. Toch Sovanna, Director of Departmemnt of Energy Technique, ...

A law on the management of farmland currently being drafted by the Ministry of Agriculture is a threat to private landowners as it imposes criminal penalties for farmers who do not abide by new powers the government would have to demarcate land, a human rights ...

Ministry of Commerce officials maintained that low import taxes and increased demand from consumers were the causes behind the 45.26 increase in vehicle imports in the first half of 2012 compared to the same period last year. The data showed 486,827 vehicles, of all makes and ...

Rulling party Senator Ly Yong Phat’s Phnom Penh Sugar Company announced yesterday that it had amended its hiring policy to forbid contractors from employing children, while at the same time, opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua made public her plans to visit the company to investigate its ...

Khmer Resources Investment, which is backed by the Cambodian government, aims to list in Hong Kong within two years, chairman Cao Yunde said. “We intend to leverage the capital market of Hong Kong to finance our growth through a public listing so as to maximise the ...

Cambodia is still a way off implementing World Trade Organization (WTO) rules on intellectual property rights, despite a deadline to do so in just over a month. At the end of June, the group of the world’s 49 least developed countries (LDCs), including Cambodia, run out ...

Not enough priority is given to research in Cambodia, threatening its long term development, economists and other experts say. Larry Strange, executive director of the Cambodian Development Research Institute, says the country cannot plan for major reform, build its economy, or reduce poverty without proper analysis ...

More than 1,500 Cambodian People’s Party supporters in Kandal province’s Sa’ang district were summonsed by party officials yesterday to be thanked for voting for the party, during a meeting one villager claimed was tacit intimidation. According to a villager speaking on the condition of anonymity, invited ...