Warming 'will boost spread of insect-borne diseases'

Global warming was likely to increase the prevalence of diseases spread by mosquitoes and bugs, while the....

Cabinet approves the prohibition of cell phone usage while driving.
The Cabinet meeting approved on Tueday the draft legislation to prohibit motorists to use cell phones or other....

Pak Mul Protesters call for the sluice gate opening.
A group of 30 members of the Assembly of the Poor on Tuesday called for the opening of the Pak Mul Dam's....

Extra pays proposed as incentive for interrogators
A police committee yesterday proposed raising extra pays to police interrogators to the same level received....

South arrests show we are on track: Boonrawd
The many recent arrests of suspects in the deep South indicate the military-installed government is containing....
Illegal immigrants arrested
Twenty-nine Cambodian illegal immigrants and two Thai men who smuggled them into the country were arrested....
Pulo's open letter to Gen Sonthi
The foreign affairs chief of the Patani United Liberation Organisation (Pulo), Kasturi Mahkota, criticised....
Big central fund includes agency costs: Sommai
Deputy Finance Minister Sommai Phasee yesterday defended the lavish central fund proposed in the 2008 budget....

Environment

Scientists worry about impacts of artificial reefs
Marine scientists are worried about a Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and Fisheries Department plan to....

Health&Science

A patient receives treatment from a chiropractor.
Thailand has become the second place in Asia to offi¬cially recognise chiropractic treatment.

Education

About 79,000 second graders are illiterate
About 79,000 second graders were illiterate, according to the students' scores in the national test.

Metro/Crimes

Turn off car engines, turn on global quality of life
Many metropolitan Bangkok drivers have developed the bad habit of leaving their car engines running while....