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700 SMEs sign up for single account scheme
Some 700 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) signed up for the single financial account scheme as of yesterday to obtain the exemption from penalties for increased tax liability, says the Revenue Department.Keep reading ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Fisheries Dept bans fishing in Andaman Sea
The Department of Fisheries has banned fishing in the Andaman Sea off four coastal provinces for three months to allow marine creatures to breed and the ecosystem to rehabilitate.The Director-General of the Department of Fisheries, Dr. Adisorn Promthep, said the fishing ban, covering 4,696 square ...
Where the smoke is coming from
The haze is coming mainly from forest fires and farm-clearing fires raging across the North as well as in neighbouring countries.Satellite images show 1,151 fire hotspots in the North, mostly in forests.Most are in Mae Hong Son, with 407, while Chiang Mai has 193, Chiang ...
The Nation Reporter
E-commerce rivalry intensifies
Competition is ramping up in Thailand’s nascent e-commerce industry, with larger players fighting to attract lucrative brand deals and local partnerships. “Thailand’s e-commerce segment will continue to have intense competition for at least another five years, reducing the number of major players from 3-4 to ...
Suchit Leesa-Nguansuk
Asean finance ministers shrug off pollution to focus on regional agenda
Thailand will not cancel the 23rd Asean Finance Ministers’ Meeting in Chiang Rai this week despite that province and others in the North being in the grip of severe air pollution for several consecutive days, an official at the Finance Ministry said.Keep reading ...
Wichit Chaitrong
Cooperation vital to end haze crisis
More than a decade after fine dust particles known as PM2.5 emerged as a health threat in Chiang Mai, the province has started to embrace a new approach that opens the doors to cooperation between state and civic sectors to tackle the problem. Keep reading ...
Provinces battling water scarcity
Various provinces are coming up with ways to mitigate drought as water trucks are being deployed to non-irrigated communities.Keep watching ...
Academic concerned about vocational teaching change
An education specialist has called on the Office of Vocational Education Commission (Ovec) not to lose focus as the agency prepares to introduce academic titles for lecturers. Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
REPORT: Sustainable solution sought to human-elephant conflict
Fah Sai was only a month old when veterinarians from the National Parks Department found her trapped in a snare set on the edge of the Ang Rue Nai wildlife sanctuary in Rayong province in mid December.Keep reading ...
Piyaporn Wongruang
‘Computer error’ blamed for incorrect vote totals, says Thai Election Commission
Thailand’s Election Commission said on Friday computer software was partly to blame for inconsistent and delayed vote totals from last Sunday’s general election.During early reporting of the election results, its tabulation software had trouble handling data entered simultaneously from several points and sometimes displayed incorrect ...
