New Year's Day road deaths 37% higher than last year

New Year's Day saw 686 road accidents killing 70 people and injuring 737, bringing the cumulative....

Worrying rise in youth suicides
Suicide has become the fourth major cause of death from injury as young people increasingly take their own....

Making less sacrifice a growing social problem: report
People tending to make less sacrifice nowadays and many students failing to pursue higher education after....

Emergency hotline satisfaction falls
Bangkok residents' satisfaction with the 191 emergency hotline dropped from seven out of a possible 10....

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....