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Bhumjaithai lawmakers today submitted a constitutional rewrite draft legislation to House Speaker Sophon Zaram, with its leader and current prime minister Anutin Charnvirakul saying that the party is responding to the will of the people following a referendum calling for certain constitutional changes.
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Thailand needs stronger cooperation with Malaysia to tackle long-standing problems in the southern border provinces, Deputy Prime Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said today during his deep South visit.
The Appeals Court has overturned the Kalasin Provincial Court’s acquittal of People’s party’s party-list MP Piyarat Chongthep and sentenced him to three years in prison, without suspension, after convicting him of lèse majesté.
The Meteorological Department issued a severe weather advisory this morning, cautioning people nationwide to brace for continuous rainfall, with torrential downpours threatening the southwestern coast, the northeast and the east.
Four of the eight victims killed in last weekend’s tragic train-bus collision at a railway crossing in Bangkok have now been formally identified, with their families receiving the bodies of their loved ones for funeral rites.
The Cabinet agreed today to maintain the existing cap on Thailand’s public debt at 70% of GDP, but will allow public sector borrowing to rise to between 68.03% and 70%, from 64.7% at the end of the 2025 fiscal year last September.
The Bhumjaithai Party, led by party leader Anutin Charnvirakul, will submit its constitutional amendment draft to House Speaker Sophon Zaram tomorrow to pave the way for the drafting of a new constitution.
The Cabinet today approved the “Thai Chuay Thai Plus” co-payment scheme, under which about 30 million Thai citizens aged 18 and over will receive a taxpayer-funded monthly benefit of 1,000 baht for four months to purchase goods and services.
The Cabinet today endorsed the cancellation of the pre-travel 60-day visa exemption scheme for 93 countries, a privilege granted two years ago, Tourism and Sports Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul said after the Cabinet meeting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing on Tuesday for a summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, looking to deepen a strategic partnership stretching from Scandinavia to Southeast Asia.
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has described as misleading viral social media reports claiming that a train ran into a person in Bangkok’s Makkasan district this morning, insisting that the incident was caused by trespassing onto railway property.
The Disease Control Department is closely monitoring the highly transmissible Mpox clade lb strain, after two new cases were reported in April and May, and it is strongly advising people to avoid risky behavior and intimate contact with strangers.
Police are ready to coordinate with the State Railway of Thailand, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and other relevant agencies to overhaul safety at all railway crossings in Bangkok, in the hope of preventing a repeat of Saturday’s fatal train-bus collision at the Makkasan crossing, which killed eight people and injured many others.
The Cabinet has declared Friday October 16, 2026, a special public holiday in Bangkok and approved working-from-home on three more days to reduce traffic on the capital’s roads during the annual meeting of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
A man was seriously injured when he received a glancing blow from a moving train in Bangkok’s Makkasan district this morning.
