BoT keeps policy rate at 1%
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) voted unanimously today to maintain the benchmark policy rate at 1.00%.
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The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Bank of Thailand (BoT) voted unanimously today to maintain the benchmark policy rate at 1.00%.
Cambodia has protested Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s visit to a border area, calling it an unauthorised entry into Cambodian territory and a serious violation of Cambodia’s sovereignty.
An inflated electricity bill charged to a tenant. A tangle of overhead communication cables posing a danger to people on the street. Public transport fares that take an outsized share of a worker’s daily wage. Savings lost to fraudulent merchants on social media.
Thailand is facing a double crisis: an overwhelming volume of illegally dumped hazardous waste and a deadly climate of intimidation against activists trying to stop it.
At a Washington gay bar, Cameron Austin donned a country western outfit replete with cowboy boots, as he sat in the corner sipping a drink while Dolly Parton's "When I'm Gone" blasted through the sound system.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has defended an executive decree in the House of Representatives, authorising a 400-billion-baht loan, calling the move an essential response to an unprecedented energy crisis sparked by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
In the House debate on the government’s 400 billion baht Loan Decree the opposition will focus on two main issues, Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut, leader of the People’s Party said today.
The Narathiwat Task Force has denied viral online reports that a military sergeant used an M16A2 assault rifle to fire at a group of youths from a helicopter in Chanthana district of Narathiwat province, saying the aircraft was deployed solely for aerial patrol and surveillance.
Industry Minister Varawut Silpa-archa has ordered the Samut Prakan Provincial Industry Office to take additional action against Ming Dih Chemical Co. Ltd. and expedite the permanent closure and license revocation of its factory, following another fire at the site yesterday.
USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group, with about 5,000 officers, ratings and Marines on board, will drop anchor in Thailand next week, after more than 200 days of deployment in the Middle East.
Convicted serial killer Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, otherwise known as ‘Am Cyanide’, was sentenced to death for a second time today by the Criminal Court after being found guilty of murdering Darinee (no surname provided) by poisoning on December 13, 2020 in Sam Phran district of Nakhon Pathom.
Today, the Appeals Court overturned the Criminal Court’s acquittal of former deputy leader of the Democrat Party Prinn Panitchpakdi on sexual harassment and assault charges and sentenced him to three years in prison without suspension.
Thai teenage rock singer and guitarist Nene Royal has received the Golden Buzzer from judge Mel B after delivering a powerful performance of Soundgarden’s “Black Hole Sun” on the live stage of America’s Got Talent Season 21.
The Cabinet has approved the transfer of National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chatchai Bangchuad to the position of permanent secretary of the Prime Minister’s Office from October 1.
Riverside communities in Bangkok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Nakhon Pathom, Samut Sakhon, Samut Songkhram and Samut Prakan provinces are advised to prepare for the possibility of the Chao Phraya River and connected canals overflowing between today and Saturday due to spring tides.
Train services to and from Su-ngai Kolok railway station, in Thailand’s southernmost province of Narathiwat, resumed today after repairs were completed on a section of track damaged by an IED blast on Saturday.