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The Central Administrative Court has dismissed a consumer council’s lawsuit against the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) over the merger of True Corporation (TRUE) and Total Access Communications (DTAC).
On the eve of Wan Ok Phansa, marking the end of the Buddhist Lent, the canals of Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli district come alive with color, music, and the gentle fragrance of lotus blossoms.
The government plans to use about Bt60 billion left over from the 2025 fiscal budget, to fund, partially, the co-payment scheme and to increase the monthly subsidies for 13 million state welfare card holders, from Bt300 to Bt2,000 for a single month.
Mandalay, Myanmar - Six Myanmar war widows speak softly of their grief as they walk inside the crumbling walls of Mandalay Palace, fresh arrivals in an earthquake-wracked city strained anew by conflict.
The water level in the Ping River, which flows through Chiang Mai’s Muang district, is steadily rising due to heavy rain, compounded by the increased discharge of water through Mae Ngad Somboonchon Dam, threatening to flood low-lying areas.
The Commerce Ministry is confident that Thai exports will remain competitive with those of other countries, as Thai products shipped to the main US market now face the same 19% tariff as many rival countries.
A convoy of cement trucks took turns throughout Thursday night to pour about 750 cubic metres of concrete into the huge sinkhole in Samsen Road, to close the gap between two underground train tunnels at the unfinished Vajira Hospital train station.
There are issues that polarise people, and we call it political disagreement. In truth, such issues are not that important but everyone has been conditioned to think otherwise.
Having helped his powerful client avoid a jail term on a lese majeste charge last month, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s trusted lawyer failed to repeat the feat this month.
The Corrections Department has clarified that jailed ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra volunteered to perform public service by supervising sewage drainage, contrary to earlier reports that the department had assigned him to the task.
The Second Army Region Operations Centre has reported that Cambodian troops moved heavy weapons, including a tank, to a firing position opposite Kantharalak district in Thailand’s Si Sa Ket province on Wednesday.
The state-run Vajira Hospital, which was abruptly closed to all out-patients after a massive sinkhole appeared in Samsen Road in front of the hospital, will resume out-patients services on Friday.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said he has given the army the “greenlight” on how to respond to rising tensions along the Thai-Cambodian border.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA), the builder of the underground train infrastructure, have dumped about 50,000 sandbags into the sinkhole in front of the Vajira Hospital, to stabilise the surrounding substrate. Water leakage into the sinkhole from ruptured mains has been fixed.
Eleven former students of Pathumwan Institute of Technology were sentenced to life in prison today, after being found guilty by the Criminal Court of killing a graduate of Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon and injuring three other people at a wedding ceremony in Bangkok on August 14th, 2022.
A traffic police lieutenant, based at Samsen Police Station, continued to perform his duty directing traffic in front of Vajira Hospital yesterday, even after his own car had been swallowed by the massive sinkhole, into which the road had collapsed.
