Flat B20 commuter fare launch faces delay
The planned rollout of the highly anticipated 20-baht-flat mass-transport fare in Greater Bangkok in October is likely to be delayed, with the key enabling bills mired down in parliament.
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The planned rollout of the highly anticipated 20-baht-flat mass-transport fare in Greater Bangkok in October is likely to be delayed, with the key enabling bills mired down in parliament.
The Meteorological Department warns that storm Kajiki will move into the northern province of Nan on Tuesday evening, bringing heavy rain with mountain runoff and flash floods in many provinces of the North and Northeast.
Police arrested Luang Phor Alongkot, former abbot of well-known Aids hospice temple Wat Phrabatnampu at the temple in Lop Buri early Tuesday morning for multiple charges including temple fund embezzlement and money-laundering as they suspected him of planning to escape.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has publicly affirmed that the 2000 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU 2000) with Cambodia remains the cornerstone of bilateral boundary demarcation, as pressure builds in parliament and from opposition figures for its revocation.
The controversy comes just days after President Prabowo Subianto pledged further austerity measures to finance his government’s ambitious programmes.
The next few weeks will decide if the Shinawatra family’s clout persists, says former foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh.
To encourage fertility, the Chinese economy needs to grow to generate more jobs – but faster economic growth requires sufficiently high fertility, says economist Nancy Qian.
Second Army commander Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang said on Monday he had authorised immediate retaliation by Thai soldiers if Cambodian troops were spotted encroaching on Thai sovereign soil.
STOCKHOLM – Sweden said on Monday it has signed a deal to sell four Gripen fighter jets produced by Saab to Thailand.