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The land and building tax bill which has been held up for more than a year will be submitted to the National Legislative Assembly for deliberation in the second and final readings in mid-November and is expected to become law after the New Year. Deputy Finance Minister Wisut Srisuphan said Wednesday that the land and
Rain-soaked tourists in Venice were barred from an inundated St. Mark’s Square on Monday, as fierce winds and rains lashing much of the country drenched the floating city. As local authorities said the “acqua alta” (high water) peaked at 156 centimetres (61 inches) by early afternoon, the elevated wooden platforms usually placed on main passageways
A top Myanmar official said Wednesday that his country would take back a first group of 2,000 Rohingya refugees from camps in Bangladesh in November despite widespread doubts over the proposal. Officials from the two countries announced on Tuesday that some of the 720,000 Muslim Rohingya who fled a deadly military clampdown in the Buddhist-majority
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he wishes to appoint Norwegian diplomat Geir Pedersen as the next special envoy to Syria. Pedersen is currently Norway’s ambassador to China and has previously served as its envoy to the UN. “I am pleased to inform you of my intention to announce the
A total of 44 members of the National Legislative Assembly have signed in support of a draft bill to decriminalize marijuana for medical purpose by deleting marijuana from Category 5 List of narcotic drugs, said Mr Somchai Sawaengkarn, secretary of the NLA’s extraordinary committee on parliamentary affairs or ”whips”. He said the decision to push
The Department of Special Investigation revealed today it had formally requested the Department of Lands to revoke the title deeds for the 1,800 rai of forest land, currently the location of a mountain water park project in the northern province of Phetchabun, since 2009. The 1,800-rai land is in Phu Khi Kai mountain located between
The General Aptitude Test/Professional and Academic Aptitude Test (GAT/PAT tests) are likely to be moved forward for about a week to February 16-17 instead of February 24 which would coincide with the election day, Education Minister Thirakiart Charoensetthasilp said Tuesday. He said he had already discussed with Mr Samphan Panpruek, director of National Institute of
President Donald Trump said he will scrap a constitutional guarantee to citizenship for anyone born on US soil in a headline-grabbing move bolstering his anti-immigration platform a week before midterm elections. The surprise announcement, in an interview with Axios released in part on Tuesday, followed the dispatch of more than 5,000 regular troops to the
The Cabinet on Tuesday gave nod to four mega-projects related to the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) at its meeting in the northern province of Chiang Rai. The four project, namely the aviation maintenance centre at U-tapao airport, the Utapao airport and eastern aviation hub development project, the third phase of Laem Chabang deep-sea port development
The government is expected to hold discussions with political parties on further easing of political restrictions in late November or early December, said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday. He said he had assigned his deputy, Dr Wissanu Krea-ngarm, and the government’s legal team to work in details with the Election Commission about the forthcoming
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia on Tuesday stepped up a search for the Lion Air airliner that plunged into the sea with all 189 aboard feared dead, deploying underwater beacons to trace its black box recorders and uncover why an almost-new plane crashed minutes after take-off. Indonesia, one of the world’s fastest-growing aviation markets, has a
The 13 Wild Boar boys and their football coach on Monday presented the Pride of Britain awards to five British divers who took part in their rescue from the flooded Tham Luang cave complex almost four months ago. The award presentation took place at Grosvenor House hotel in London. The five British divers who received
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha was all smiles on Monday during a visit to the northern province of Phayao when a famous palmist told him that he would remain as the country’s leader for a long time In a brief meeting with the prime minister, 78-year-old Kaewmoon Bua-ngern, a well-known palm reader in Phayao province, described
The first Franco-Chinese satellite was launched into orbit on Monday to study ocean surface winds and waves around the clock, better predict cyclones and improve scientists’ understanding of climate change. A Long March 2C carrier rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China’s Gobi Desert at 0043 GMT to enter orbit
At least for now, it is legally all right to sing, listen or share the controversial rap song, “Prathet Koo Me” because so far there has been no evidence to substantiate charges against those responsible for writing and singing the song and producing the music video, deputy police chief Pol Gen Sivara Rangsibrahmanakul on Monday.
Mercury in the northern region will drop between 3-5 degrees Celsius tomorrow until Friday whereas the southern region will face more rain and isolated heavy rain in some areas. The Meteorological Department said today that another strong cold front from China was about to cover the upper part of Thailand during October 30-November 2 and
