Wed, May 04, 2022
Published: May 04, 2022
Fair Party, a relatively new political outfit, will hold a walk rally on Sunday, May 8, at Lumpini Park in central Bangkok, calling for transparency and fairness in the upcoming Bangkok governor election.
France's Socialist party and the hard-left La France Insoumise (LFI) party have reached an agreement in principle to ally the June parliament vote, LFI politician Adrien Quatennens said on Franceinfo radio on Wednesday (May 4).
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha is delighted at Forbes Adviser listing Ayutthaya among the "Top 50 Best Places To Visit Post-Pandemic".
A Thai man, 34, who was arrested after riding a motorcycle into a restricted Suvarnabhumi Airport zone on Tuesday and using an axe to destroy glass doors after he was prevented from trying to board an empty plane will face seven charges, airport police station chief Pol Colonel Jirawat Piampinset said on Wednesday.
The Department of Corrections will randomly inspect food at 12 prisons across the country for quality or ambiguity in the procurement process.
Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said his ministry has prepared measures to help distribute some 566,000 tonnes of fruits in the country.
Thailand’s exports of gems and jewellery shot up 37.01 per cent year on year in March over the previous year, according to a report on Wednesday.
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved a draft agreement to end a dispute with the Philippines over tobacco tax-evasion charges.
Some 44,200 people would be ineligible to vote in the election for Bangkok councillors as they have moved residence unless they contact city officials urgently, the Bangkok city clerk said on Wednesday.
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a seriously adverse impact on Thailand's education system in the past two years, widening social inequality and inflicting learning loss on students.
The Fuel Fund Executive Committee is expected to increase retail diesel price by one or two baht next week as the fund’s deficit has soared to over THB60 billion, a well-informed source said.
The Royal Gazette website on Tuesday published a Finance Ministry announcement on reduction of import tariffs for completely built up (CBU) battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in a bid to promote the use of EVs in Thailand.
Countries should not impose indiscriminate sanctions on Russia, the investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta's editor-in-chief and 2021 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Dmitry Muratov said on Tuesday (May 3).
The European Commission is going to submit a plan to replace Russian natural gas with other sources later this month, said European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson on Tuesday.
A 72-year-old man who lived with the body of his late wife for 21 long years is keeping her cremated remains at his house and turning himself into a foundation volunteer to spend the rest of his life doing good for her.
Chinese scientists are establishing a meteorological monitoring station at an altitude of 8,800 meters on Mount Qomolangma, on the China-Nepal border.
The Department of Highways has announced that the maximum speed limit will be increased to 120 km per hour on three more highways from May 1.
The Royal Thai Police will delete criminal records of former suspects who were later proved innocent so that their chances of employment are not affected, an assistant national police chief said.
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The land price around the SRT Light Red Line (Taling Chan-Sala Ya) project grew the most compared to other areas, the Real Estate Information Centre (REIC) reported.
The Education Ministry, the Basic Education Commission (BEC) and related agencies are preparing for the opening of a new semester on May 17, BEC secretary-general Amporn Pinasa said on Tuesday.
The Thai Meteorological Department warned people in the South to beware of flash floods that might occur on Friday or Saturday.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha denied the rumour that MPs would be paid a good deal of money to vote against him in a no-confidence motion.
The town's Party chief shares the tough fight in the urban villages.
