House Speaker Chuan Leekpai yesterday rated the overall performance of this 25th House of Representatives as “satisfactory”, saying most of the bills put before the government had been passed despite a slight hiccup during the House’s final session.Continue Reading
Academics believe Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is waiting for the Election Commission (EC) to complete the redrawing of constituency boundaries before dissolving the House of Representatives sometime this month.Continue Reading
To mark International Women’s Day today, 12 extraordinary personalities have been named as the Bangkok Post’s Women of the Year.Continue Reading
A pulmonologist from Siriraj Hospital has suggested people wear masks to protect themselves from dust pollution as the number of patients with respiratory diseases continues to rise, especially among children.Continue Reading
One of the country’s longest-established companies which started out in Bangkok as Siam Dispensary in 1878, B.Grimm is today a leading Thailand-based energy company focused on the development, financing, construction and operation of green-field power plants. Indeed, with B.Grimm Power as its investment arm, the company has pioneered the country’s emerging private power generation industry.Continue Reading
As it looks now, there are two potential spring offensives in Ukraine. Either of these offensives would be laden with significant risks for both sides. Predicting the outcome is difficult because outside players may intervene, especially US and NATO forces. The first offensive is fairly well known. It is the spring offensive being organized by the Russian army. Considerable preparations […]Continue Reading
Male students return after the winter break, a painful reminder to women of their shrinking world.Continue Reading
He censured Mali’s military for “serious violations” and stressed the need for continued independent oversight of the situation in Ethiopia, after Reuters reported Addis Ababa was seeking to end a UN probe into alleged Tigray war atrocities. In rarer criticism of Western democracies, Turk raised the issue of US policeContinue Reading
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan praised the bipartisan Bill, saying it “would strengthen our ability to address discrete risks posed by individual transactions, and systemic risks posed by certain classes of transactions involving countries of concern in sensitive technology sectors”. “We look forward to continue working with bothContinue Reading
Customs officials say they have found more than 43 kilogrammes of heroin worth 107.5 million baht hidden in hilltribe garments bound for Hong Kong.Continue Reading