AFTER a trial at 10 schools showed controlling use of digital devices improved student concentration and increased parental satisfaction, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is gearing up to expand the clampdown at all its schools from the next academic year, PPTVHD36 said today (Mar. 13). Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said in introducing the “Phone
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Thailand has crude oil reserves for another 98 days
IN ALLAYING fears about oil shortage, Deputy Prime Minister-cum-Transport Minister Phipat Ratchakitprakarn confirmed that the country has sufficient crude oil reserves for 98 days while the price of diesel will stay fixed till Monday (Mar. 16), TV Channel 7 and PPTVHD36 said today (Mar. 13). As the 15-day freezing of diesel price is expiring
Read morePolice probing mysterious death of Chinese woman
THAI police are unravelling the mysterious death of a Chinese woman who was found dumped in a ditch at Ratchaburi after working as an entertainer at a pool villa party in Pattaya with her boyfriend having flown here from China to follow up on the case, TV Channel 7 and Workpoint News said today
Read moreBoth sides trade strikes and threats as the Iran war approaches the two-week mark
By Reuters and published by The Straits Times DUBAI/BEIRUT– The leaders of Iran, Israel and the United States all voiced defiance and vowed to fight on as the Middle East war approached the two-week mark on Friday (Mar. 13), killing thousands of people, disrupting the lives of millions of others and shaking financial markets.
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