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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is introducing a sustainable twist to this year’s Songkran festivities by inviting revellers to donate their used or unwanted plastic squirt guns for recycling.
The death toll from road accidents during the first two days of the seven-day Songkran holiday travel period has risen to 71, with 50 people killed in 208 accidents on Saturday. A further 185 people were injured.
Werapong Prapha has tendered his resignation as Democrat party deputy leader to accept an appointment as Thailand’s trade representative under Commerce Minister Suphajee Suthumpun.
The Election Commission of Thailand has set June 28 for elections for Bangkok governor, Pattaya mayor, and members of the Bangkok and Pattaya councils.
US President Donald Trump ordered the US Navy on Sunday to block key Gulf sea lane the Strait of Hormuz, furious with Iran's refusal to surrender its nuclear ambitions after peace talks broke down without agreement.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is introducing a sustainable twist to this year’s Songkran festivities by inviting revellers to donate their used or unwanted plastic squirt guns for recycling.
Songkran celebrations kicked off on Saturday in Bangkok, as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) staged a traditional procession carrying the Buddha Sihing from the Bangkok National Museum through the old city to the old City Hall, allowing members of the public to sprinkle water on the image in a merit-making ritual.
The long Songkran holiday is Thailand's annual window for family get-togethers. However, as social structures break down, the traditional New Year holiday joy is being eroded by a deep anxiety: the fear of dying alone.
A majority of respondents in a survey by Suan Dusit Poll support restructuring energy prices to quickly reduce living costs as part of the government’s response to the energy crisis. The poll, conducted nationwide on “the government’s handling of the energy crisis,” surveyed 1,266 people between April 7–10. Among the three measures announced by the prime minister, the most supported was restructuring energy prices, covering both fuel and electricity, at 72%. This was followed by 59% backing...
Islamabad - The United States and Iran began negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced, as the war that has killed thousands of people and shaken global markets entered its seventh week.
Economic growth in developing Asia and the Pacific will slow to 5.1 per cent this year and next year, down from 5.4 per cent last year, as the Middle East conflict and trade uncertainty weigh on the region, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said today.
US Vice President J.D. Vance said negotiations ended early Sunday between the United States and Iran without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon.
Twenty people were killed and 132 others were injured in 135 road accidents across the country on the first day of Songkran holiday travel, according to the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
Thousands of Malaysian tourists have been streaming across the border into Hat Yai in southern Thailand for the annual Songkran festivities, bringing a much-needed boost to the local economy, which is still recovering from the devastating floods of late 2025 compounded by the current impacts of the energy crisis.
Houston - Artemis II’s astronauts returned from the moon with a dramatic splashdown in the Pacific on Friday to close out humanity’s first lunar voyage in more than a half-century.
The Cabinet, at its special meeting today, agreed to roll out a package of measures to cushion the impacts of oil price rises on various sectors of Thai society, from the poor, SMEs and the agricultural sector to public transport operators, contractors with binding contracts with state agencies and ordinary people who want to switch their internal combustion vehicles to EVs or install rooftop solar panels to reduce their electricity bills.
