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Air pollution rises in many provinces [Video]
Besides protecting themselves from the Coronavirus, people are also wearing masks to protect themselves from air pollution. The density of fine dust particles has been on the rise in many areas, especially in Bangkok and its vicinity.Keep watching ...
BoT's Debt Clinic expands criteria
The Bank of Thailand has relaxed conditions for its Debt Clinic, a scheme that pools unsecured bad loans owed to multiple creditors, to cover cases that have a single debtor and expanded qualified creditors to specialised financial institutions (SFIs) to step up efforts to keep ...
Somruedi Banchongduang
Coronavirus deals severe blow to tourism industry
Thai tour operators are weathering the storm after China imposed travel restrictions on group tours until late next month in a move to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation has declared a global emergency.Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Govt rolling out anti-drought operations [Video]
Water is to be distributed to drought-hit areas as a short-term measure while more reservoirs are being constructed as part of the government’s long-term measures against water scarcity.Keep watching ...
Rural students to get digital boost with “e-School”
College students in rural areas of Thailand will soon get a boost in the quality of their education: Mae Fah Luang University (MFU) in Chiang Rai has developed an e-School system for the administration of education in rural areas with a 7 million baht grant ...
Greeley Pulitzer
Drought cuts Thai sugar output to 9-year low
Sugar production in Thailand is expected to fall 28% to a nine-year low of 10.5 million tonnes in the current crop season as drought curtails cane supplies, according to Rangsit Hiangrat, director-general of Thai Sugar Millers Corp.The reduced production for 2019-20 will limit shipments from ...
Thai doctors say two drug groups effective on patient
Thai doctors have declared the use of anti-flu and AIDS drugs a success in reducing symptoms of coronavirus patients after using them on a Chinese woman.Two doctors from Rajavithi Hospital in Bangkok — Dr Kriangsak Atipornwanich, an expert physician, and Assoc Prof Dr Subsai Kongsangdao, ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Mekong action results in huge haul of drugs
More than 32 million methamphetamine pills have been seized thanks to a two-month-long coordinated anti-drug campaign by countries in the Mekong Delta, says the Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB).The joint campaign was implemented in Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia since December, and ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Department of Highways at the forefront of battle against drought
The Department of Highways (DOH) and its subsidiary agencies are playing an active role in relieving the problem of water shortage in local communities and government organisations nationwide, as Thailand copes with one of the worst droughts in years.The department was enjoined by Transport Minister ...
The Nation Reporter
Virus side-effects on tourism
Fewer tourists were seen on Saturday (February 1) at the Temple of the Emerald Buddha or Wat Phra Si Rattana Satsadaram and the adjacent Grand Palace in Phra Nakhon district of Bangkok.One of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangkok has been visited only by ...
The Nation Reporter
