DSI joins police in probe of New Year's bombings
The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will not take over the investigation into bomb attacks on New Year's Eve from police, but will still run a parallel probe, director-general Sunai Manomai-udom said yesterday.
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Rice miller shot and beheaded
The owner of a rice mill was shot and beheaded in southernmost Pattani province yesterday, with a leaflet found at the scene claiming the killing was retaliation for an earlier bomb blast that injured three Muslims.
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Chula bans book critical of coup
Chulalongkorn University Book Centre has banned a new anthology critical of the coup, due to fears of possible political repercussions.
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Smooth signal for iTV
Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont has assured iTV staff that the management change at the station will not affect their jobs or the news department, assistant news director Kitti Singhapat said yesterday.
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Onus on govt, BMA to pay fire-truck supplier Bt845m
Both the government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Adminis-tration (BMA) will have to pay about Bt845 million to a foreign supplier by Monday as the first instalment on the controversial purchase of fire-fighting equipment trucks at what was later described as a highly inflated price.
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Heritage recognition for anti-slavery act?
On February 15, Thailand will nominate the 102-year-old abolition of slavery document passed by King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) for inclusion in the Unesco Memory of the World (MOW) Programme, a senior official said on Wednesday.
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No foul play suspected in murder-suicide
Police are waiting for forensic test results to wrap up the case of an indebted businessman who killed his family and then took his own life.
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Young Valentines shun sex
Despite the popular image of promiscuous youngsters ahead of Valentine's Day, recent surveys have found that most young Thais are cautious about sexual relations.
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