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Truckers planning to block Bangkok roads to protest the high price of diesel postponed the rally for 24 hours on Monday, giving the government a reprieve but promising a bigger rally on Tuesday.

Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP M. A. Sumanthiran, PC, on behalf of several political parties, represented in Parliament, has requested the government to delay the repayment of foreign debt.

The English Premier League on Thursday postponed five matches scheduled for the weekend due to Covid-19 infections.

Manchester United announced on its website on Tuesday morning that the English Premier League fixture at Brentford FC, at 7.30pm, has been postponed and will be rescheduled in due course.

The plan to reopen Bangkok to fully vaccinated foreign tourists will likely be postponed by a month at least to ensure at least 70 per cent of people living in the capital and its adjacent provinces are fully jabbed first.

The worldwide spread of Covid-19 has led to many international trade conferences being postponed, Auramon Supthaweethum, the director-general of Department of Trade Negotiations (DTN), said.

The Economy Ministry has postponed its meeting by a week to September 6, so Board of Investment or BoI can finish reviewing the new package it is offering to encourage foreign investors to move their investments to Thailand, Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak said on August 29.

The Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC) has issued a regulation allowing some civil servants to postpone their retirement when they turn 60.

A network of tobacco farmers has welcomed the government’s decision to postpone an excise-tax hike on cigarettes until September next year.

Experts also warn that instability after poll will keep away investors, affect local consumption and also pose an obstacle to export sector

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha admitted on Wednesday that the election might be postponed but gave assurances it would be within the timeframe of May 9.

The Pheu Thai Party on Tuesday called for the junta and the government to come out and make it clearer when the general election will be held, and to ensure that the national poll will be organised with fairness and justice.