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Thai New Year road accidents claim 162 lives
Thai New Year road accidents claim 162 lives
BANGKOK: Traffic accidents from Apr 11 to 14 claimed 162 lives and injured 1,279 others, with holidaymakers starting to return to their workplaces yesterday (Apr 15).
National road accidents over Songkran claim 116 lives
National road accidents over Songkran claim 116 lives
BANGKOK: Traffic accidents have claimed 116 lives and injured nearly 1,000 others over the first three days of a road safety campaign week during this Songkran festival.
Thaksin expects fugitive sister Yingluck to return this year
Thaksin expects fugitive sister Yingluck to return this year
CHIANG MAI: Paroled former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said he hopes his sister Yingluck Shinawatra can return to the country this year, and he is figuring out how she will make it.
Water woes hit Phi Phi islands
Water woes hit Phi Phi islands
KRABI The Phi Phi islands in Krabi are facing a freshwater shortage, with local authorities weighing up their options to find a solution.
Democrats to expel ex-candidate over affair with monk
Democrats to expel ex-candidate over affair with monk
BANGKOK: The Democrat Party has resolved to expel a failed MP candidate for Sukhothai for having an affair with a Buddhist monk, while the accused woman has tendered her resignation from the party. Party spokesman Ramet Rattanachaweng on Saturday disclosed the outcome of its fact-finding investigation into the misconduct involving the party member and the young monk, reports the Bangkok Post. The panel, chaired by former MP Theerachart Pangwirunrak, questioned the woman and other individuals, including witnesses. It concluded on Friday that there were grounds to the allegations, said Mr Ramet, who also sat on the committee. He declined to go into detail. According to Mr Ramet, the panel found that the woman had violated party regulations requiring members not to act in any way that would tarnish the party’s reputation. Specifically, she breached party regulation No.124 by behaving in an unethical way, and the committee resolved to expel her. The panel will submit its findings and the woman’s resignation letter to party leader Chalermchai Sri-on, who will forward the report to the Democrat executive board. The moves follow the revelation of a video posted on the popular Facebook page E-Sor Khayee Khao on Wednesday, alleging an extramarital affair between a 24-year-old monk and the 45-year-old politician. The affair was uncovered by the woman’s husband, who drove from Bangkok to the couple’s home in Sukhothai after being told that a monk was staying there. When he arrived he found his wife in bed with the young man. The pair ran naked from the bed and attempted to assault him while he took video with his smartphone. The monk later renounced his monastic vows and fled from a temple in Uttaradit province. The husband told the popular Hon Krasae talk show on TV Channel 3 that he first met the female politician during a merit-making event at a temple. They became engaged in May 2022 and he moved from Bangkok to stay with her at her house in Sukhothai. They lived like husband and wife but were not yet married, he said. He said his wife had met the young monk during a kathin (robe presentation) ceremony at a temple a few years ago. She later became close to the monk and she often went to his temple. His wife also believed in fortune-telling and past lives, he added.
Chinese teen jumps from car to seek police help
Chinese teen jumps from car to seek police help
BURI RAM: A Chinese teenager jumped from a car to seek help from police in Prakhon Chai district in the early hours of Friday (Apr 12), claiming that another Chinese national had offered him and his friends restaurant jobs in Vietnam, but they were instead sent to Laos and later to Thailand.
Couple arrested for selling rare animals
Couple arrested for selling rare animals
NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: Police arrested a man and his wife at their house on Friday (Apr 12) on charges of possessing protected animals including snakes and doves without authorisation and selling them online.
Thai woman stabbed to death in London
Thai woman stabbed to death in London
LONDON: Police in London are facing public criticism of their slow response to calls from worried friends of a 27-year-old Thai woman who was found stabbed to death in her home in a £4-million (B182mn) property in Westminster.
National ‘7 dangerous days’ of travelling begin
National ‘7 dangerous days’ of travelling begin
BANGKOK: People have started travelling upcountry ahead of the Songkran holiday amid concerns from road safety advocates over increases in road accidents outside of the so-called “seven dangerous days” of travelling.
Ministry confident of hitting plastic recycling goals
Ministry confident of hitting plastic recycling goals
BANGKOK: The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has expressed confidence that Thailand is on track to recycle all plastic waste by the year 2027.
Jutatip wins Women’s Tour of Thailand
Jutatip wins Women’s Tour of Thailand
CYCLING: Thai cyclist Jutatip Maneephan was crowned the individual champion of the Women’s Tour of Thailand 2024 in Phetchabun yesterday (Apr 10).
All imported goods face VAT
All imported goods face VAT
BANGKOK: Following a mandate from Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin, the government looks set to impose a 7% value-added tax (VAT) on imported goods valued from B1 up, commencing in May.
Water management agencies told to boost preparedness for floods
Water management agencies told to boost preparedness for floods
BANGKOK: Water management agencies have been told to regularly report their progress in implementing 10 key measures to cope with this year’s rainy season, which forecasters have said would be an unusually wet one.
Casino report wins Cabinet endorsement
Casino report wins Cabinet endorsement
BANGKOK: A special House committee report on legalising entertainment complexes with casinos in Thailand was endorsed by the Cabinet yesterday (Apr 9).
Nguyen rules day two to keep hold of yellow jersey
Nguyen rules day two to keep hold of yellow jersey
CYCLING: Nguyen Thi That of the Vietnam National Team retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey for the second successive day after winning the second stage of Women’s Tour of Thailand 2024 on Tuesday at Sukhothai Historical Park in Sukhothai.
Thailand braces for refugee influx
Thailand braces for refugee influx
BANGKOK: Thailand is prepared to accept 100,000 refugees fleeing fighting in Myanmar after rebel forces seized control of Myawaddy, a border town opposite Tak’s Mae Sot district, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.
Nguyen sweeps first stage top honours
Nguyen sweeps first stage top honours
CYCLING: Nguyen Thi That of the Vietnam National Team clinched victory in the first stage at the Women’s Tour of Thailand 2024 yesterday (Apr 8).
Study looking to expand Samui airport under way
Study looking to expand Samui airport under way
SURAT THANI: A feasibility study for the expansion of Samui airport to welcome larger aircraft and more visitors is now underway, Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said yesterday (Apr 8).
ONE Championship’s Chatri donates B20m to Muay Thai gyms
ONE Championship’s Chatri donates B20m to Muay Thai gyms
MUAY THAI: ONE Championship Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong has donated B2 million to Muay Thai gyms in the southern and northeast parts of Thailand.
Schools told to screen students for vapes
Schools told to screen students for vapes
BANGKOK: The Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) will impose strict measures, such as searches of personal belongings, to crack down on vapes in schools following a “surge” in the number of students using them.