A FINANCIAL adviser of major bank was found stabbed to death in his sedan today (August 27) with police investigating whether it was murder or suicide, Matichon newspaper said. At 11.30 a.m. Bang Kruai police station in Nonthaburi province was alerted that a man was found dead in a car parked at Nakhon In
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Chadchart orders inspection of all bridges after another one found damaged
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittipunt today (August 27) ordered the inspection of all bridges in the capital after another one, crossing Ratchada-Ladprao intersection, was found to be damaged, TV Channel 7 said. This follows a part of a U-turn bridge at Samut Sakhon section of Rama 2 road falling on top of several cars below
Read moreFears of a radiation leak mount near Ukrainian nuclear plant
By AP and published by Washington Post Kyiv, Ukraine – Authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant today (August 26) in case of a radiation leak, amid mounting fears that the fighting around the complex could trigger a catastrophe. The move came a day after the plant was temporarily
Read moreMassive traffic jams after rain lashes city
COMMUTERS were stuck in massive traffic jams across Bangkok after heavy rain this evening (August 26) amid complaints that nothing is moving, Matichon newspaper and Sanook.com said. At 6.45 p.m. FM91 Traffic Pro confirmed that traffic was not moving at all on Petchaburi and Chidlom roads and in the Pratunam area. There were also
Read moreDaily minimum wage to rise by 5% from Oct. 1 – official
By Reuters and published by Investing.com plus INN News THAILAND will raise the daily minimum wage by an average of 5.02% from October 1, a Labour Ministry official said today (August 26), as it seeks to help workers cope with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. A government wage committee agreed the raise to between
Read moreUpdate: Kanokwan ordered by court to stop performing duties in land grab case
By Thai Newsroom Reporters DEPUTY EDUCATION MINISTER Kanokwan Wilawan was today (August 26) ordered by court to stop performing her duties in the face of a national park encroachment case earlier filed against her. The Supreme Court has ordered Kanokwan to immediately stop performing her duties after the National Anti-Corruption Commission had filed the case
Read morePrayut quietly goes to work at Defence Ministry
WITHOUT much ado Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is continuing in his role of defence minister after the Constitutional Court suspended him from premiership duties pending a ruling on his eight-year rule, went to work at this ministry in a private car without giving prior notice this morning (August 26), Naewna newspaper and INN News
Read moreMove to clear dead cables in Bangkok with 50% useless
BANGKOK Governor Chadchart Sittiphan supervised the removal of dead cables at Thonglor road today (August 25) to speed up a project to tidy up communication lines running through 800 kilometres of the metropolis within two years, Naewna newspaper said. He was accompanied by Mrs. Pirongrong Ramsut, secretary-general National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission, with this
Read morePrayut no longer politically righteous to come back: Academics
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha who has been ordered by court to stop performing as of yesterday is no longer politically righteous to come back as head of government, commented academics today (August 25). National Institute of Development Administration’s (NIDA) Political and Development Strategies Project director Pichai Ratanadilok suggested Prayut call it
Read morePrayut fails to show up at ministry, joins meeting via video conference
WITH the Constitutional Court having ordered Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to stop performing premiership duties until its ruling on his eight-year rule is delivered, he still remains the defence minister and was expected to preside over a meeting there this afternoon (August 25) but did not show up opting to do so via video
Read moreMan who robbed illegal casino now afraid of being killed
A MAN who robbed an illegal fan-tan casino in Din Daeng area last night (August 24) phoned a popular television programme asking the Justice Ministry for mercy as he is now afraid of being killed, Sanook.com said. Only identified by his nickname Mac Anusawaree, he had called Hone-Krasae programme’s host Noom Kanchai and related that
Read moreThailand not affected by powerful tropical storm Ma-on
By Thai Newsroom and AP, published by ABC News THAILAND is not directly affected by the powerful tropical storm Ma-on which is gaining strength as it heads for Hong Kong and other parts of southeastern China today (August 24) after displacing thousands in the Philippines, the Thai Meteorological Department said this evening. In its announcement
Read moreKoh Samui residents urge govt to speed up construction of bridge
AS a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has now been signed to construct a bridge linking Koh Samui to Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Khanom district, local residents are urging that this be quickly built to boost tourism, Naewna newspaper said today (August 24). Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob earlier signed the MoU on integration of the road
Read moreOpposition bloc urges Prayut to step down and be promptly replaced
By Thai Newsroom Reporters THE PHEU THAI-LED opposition bloc has encouraged Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down now that he has been ordered by court to stop performing his duties as of today (August 24) so that another person could quickly be found to take his place. During a press conference at parliament, opposition
Read morePrayut ordered by court to stop performing as PM
By Thai Newsroom Reporters PRIME MINISTER PRAYUT Chan-o-cha was today (August 24) ordered by court to stop performing his duties until a court ruling on his eight-year rule has been delivered. Judges of the Constitutional Court voted 5:4 to issue the order for Prayut to stop performing as premier until the court ruling on the
Read morePrayut stays away from Govt House amid protests
PRIME MINISTER Prayut Chan-o-cha did not come to work at the Government House this morning (August 24) opting to chair a meeting of the Policy Committee on Enhancement of Competitiveness in the Country for Targeted Industries via video conference, Sanook.com said. He also assigned Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai to preside over the
Read moreAnti-Prayut protesters occupy street outside Government House, standoff with police
By Thai Newsroom Reporters HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS today (August 23) peacefully occupied an empty street near Government House with intent to spend the night over there waiting for more people to join tomorrow and to mount pressure on Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down upon the end of his eight-year rule. The anti-Prayut
Read moreProtesters hold curse ritual at Democracy Monument
ONE of the groups of protesters rallying to pressure Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to step down as his eight-year rule ends today (August 23) held a ceremony to curse him at the Democracy Monument, INN News and Sanook.com said. This ceremony, which started at 5.30 p.m., involved burning salt and chillies and an image
Read moreThai tourists detained in S.Korea after guide abandons them
TWO GROUPS of Thai tourists filed a complaint with the Office of the Consumer Protection Board that they were detained in South Korea after their tour guide abandoned them despite having forced them to pay extra charges, Amarin TV said this afternoon (August 23). Their lawyer Mr Ratchapol Sirisakorn took 30 of the 71
Read moreArab bikers racing on Pattaya roads rounded up
PATTAYA police arrested some Arab motorcyclists who have been troubling local residents as they noisily raced up and down some Pattaya roads blaring the horn but a few of them managed to escape, Naewna newspaper said today (August 23). Pol. Col. Kulchat Kulchai, superintendent of Pattaya police station, and a team of more than
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