Parties go to war against dust scourge
2023-03-13
Both the Democrats and the Pheu Thai Party have promised to tackle the air pollution problem, including passing the long-overdue Clean Air Act.Continue Reading
Failed US banks ‘pose few risks’
2023-03-13
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered all relevant officials to keep an eye on the impact of the collapse of Silvergate Bank and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) in the United States on Thailand’s financial system.Continue Reading
Wild elephants threaten farms
2023-03-13
Phimphitcha Soonjirad, a 40-year-old teacher from Sai Yok Noi Vitthaya School in Mauen in tambon Chorsadao in Kanchanaburi’s Mueang district, on Friday night accompanied a group of local villagers on a patrol close to her village located inside Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary, which harbours around 270 wild elephants. Her team’s work is just one of many initiatives tried by the locals in a bid to…Continue Reading
Panel to investigate U-turn on arrest warrant
2023-03-13
Supreme Court president Chotiwat Luengprasert has formed a fact-finding committee to launch a probe into the abrupt revocation of an arrest warrant for a senator suspected of having links with drug trafficking rings.Continue Reading
UTN leader warned over monarchy remarks
2023-03-13
The Election Commission (EC) has warned the leader of the United Thai Nation Party (UTN), Pirapan Salirathavibhaga, over alleged comments made by a key party member about the monarchy.Continue Reading
France donates 1m new Moderna doses
2023-03-13
Another batch of just over one million doses of Moderna’s bivalent Covid-19 vaccine from the French government was handed over to Thailand yesterday.Continue Reading
Police team defuse car bomb
2023-03-13
PATTANI: A woman found an improvised explosive device made from a gas cylinder strapped to the undercarriage of her SUV on Saturday night, which authorities have managed to defuse safely.Continue Reading
Pattaya honours elephants as part of Thai heritage
2023-03-13
CHON BURI: Thailand celebrated National Elephant Day on Monday, honouring the beast that is a beloved symbol of the country with feasts of fruits and vegetables.Continue Reading
Probe into revoked drug arrest warrant for senator
2023-03-13
The national police chief has ordered an investigation into the revocation of a warrant for the arrest of a senator suspected of involvement in a drug and money-laundering case allegedly connected to a Myanmar tycoon.Continue Reading
People in smoggy North advised to work from home
2023-03-13
Employers in the smoggy North and other areas are being advised to allow their employees to work from home whenever possible because of the high levels of PM2.5 dust in the air.Continue Reading