INFLUENZA PANDEMIC

Students to wear face masks at Dharmmakaya

Over 500,000 students who will attend the religious event at Wat Dhammakaya must wear face mask and use hand....

Cram schools ordered shut
All of Thailand's 2,310 tutorial and language schools will be ordered closed from July 13-28 under a....

British boy dies in Pattaya Park whirlpool
A British boy was found dead under a whirlpool at Pattaya Park yesterday. It remains unclear how Naytin....

Closing tutorial schools are urgently necessary : PM
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Friday that it is urgently necessary to suspend tutorial schools'....

Calls to control TV violence, sex
Eighty per cent of Thai dramas were characterised as involving sexual violence and obscene words, prompting....
Call for cleaner aircon systems
The Association of Siamese Architects has urged the owners of buildings nationwide to clean up their....
Panda cub about to see
The one-month-old panda at the Chiang Mai Zoo is about to see its world for the first time. "We expect....
Juice by the baht
Pre-payment meters launched by Electricity Authority to meet needs of low-income households

Environment

Monitor lizard keeps name
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has abandoned plans to give the water....

Health&Science

Did you just sneeze?
The government yesterday pushed for the temporary closure of all tutorial schools and computer game shops in....

Education

Don't let globalisation kill traditional know
In terms of globalised education, where higher education is concerned, Thailand needs to develop ideas,....

Metro/Crimes

Malaysian police nab Thai, Indonesian women in drug raid
Malaysian police have seized almost 5 kilogrammes of methamphetamines and detained three women - a Thai and....