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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.
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.
Thailand has turned down Cambodia’s invitation for a Joint Border Commission (JBC) meeting between April 17 and 25, saying that with a new administration having just taken office, it is not yet ready for such a meeting, Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow said today.
Islamabad, Pakistan - Pakistan is due to host talks between Iran and the United States in a bid to turn a fragile two-week ceasefire into a lasting end to a war that has roiled global energy markets.
The ASEAN chair, the Philippines, has scaled back plans for the upcoming summit next month, as well as its 2026 chairmanship activities, according to informed ASEAN sources.
For years, Thai New Year followed a familiar rhythm—water guns and plastic buckets taking over Khao San Road, quieter rituals unfolding at Sanam Luang. It was loud, messy, joyful, and deeply traditional all at once. But the gravity of fun and festivity is shifting.
Bangchak Corporation has confirmed that its oil carrier, which recently passed through the Strait of Hormuz, made a port call in Singapore before arriving in Thailand.
