Markets increasingly anticipate the Federal Reserve will hike US interest rates by 0.25% this week, potentially pressuring the global gold price to slide by as much as US$100 an ounce, say pundits.

Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit has established a centre to coordinate efforts to combat the spread of blackchin tilapia, calling the invasive species a national concern and promising visible results within three months.

Thailand is being urged to mount a concerted effort involving the government, academia, private sector, local authorities and the public to tackle the country’s low birth rate crisis, covering the entire lifecycle from having and raising children to preparing them for work.

Water dripping from air conditioning ducts and undersized screws used in ceiling panels caused the ceiling of the cafeteria at the parliament complex in Bangkok to collapse on Sunday, an inspection has found.

CHACHOENGSAO –  Four bodies were exhumed at an unlicensed Jewish cemetery in Bang Khla district and moved to a licensed cemetery in adjoining Chon Buri province on Tuesday morning.

NAN – An expanding landslide has forced the partial closure of a mountainside school, causing large cracks in a kindergarten building, a canteen, a shop and a swimming pool.