HOLIDAY ROAD TOLL

Fewer fatalities this new year's eve, but 77 people still lose lives on kingdom's roads

Efforts to cut number of deaths over 'seven dangerous days' at year's end seem to be paying....

Ministry admits errors in tackling swine flu
The Public Health Ministry has accepted that it made mistakes in its handling of the type-A (H1N1) flu....

Temples draw crowds to usher in the new year
New Year celebrations and countdown events across the Kingdom took place without attacks or incidents as....

Gas leak in Ratchaburi factory
Ammonia gas leaking from a fruit processing factory in Ratchaburi's Photharam district early yesterday....

Progress on missing businessman case soothes Saudis
The Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia yesterday issued a statement saying Saudi Arabia trusted that any decision....
Royal Greetings
Their Royal Highnesses the Crown Prince and Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn yesterday graciously granted New....
Phang Nga community bounces back from tsunami
Five years after the deadly tsunami, the seaside village of Ban Bang Niang has sprung back to a vibrant,....
Live donor live transplant a first for Thailand
Siriraj Hospital has performed an unprecedented successful liver transplant - the first of its kind in....

Environment

'I wasn't paid to withdraw name'
In a hearing at the Central Administrative Court yesterday, a villager who withdrew his name from a joint....

Health&Science

Court tosses out pin-up calendar case
The Central Administrative Court yesterday rejected a lawsuit filed by Boonrawd Trading Co Ltd against a....

Education

Riders, passengers both scoff at helmet laws
Nearly half of all motorcycle riders do not really care whether their pillionriding passengers wear a crash....

Metro/Crimes

Court tells BMA to pay bt1.3m as compensation
The Central Administrative Court yesterday ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to pay....