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The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will find farm machine and innovation technology to help 1.7 million farmers likely to be affected by the ban on three toxic farm chemicals.However, it is also mulling whether it can help them offset higher harvesting costs, estimated to ...

Thai universities must undergo a swift transformation in order to remain relevant in the age of digital disruption, a seminar was told on Friday. The universities of the future must become places of learning for students all ages, said Patrachart Komolkiti, the director of the ...

Alternating drought conditions and flooding in northeastern Thailand are expected to cut paddy production in the region in the 2019-20 crop year by 488,000 tonnes.According to the latest report by the provincial extension offices in 20 provinces of the Northeast, paddy production from the 2019-20 ...

Amid downgrades in economic growth forecasts pressured by protracted global trade uncertainties and strong baht lies a perennial social problem: swelling household debt.While the Bank of Thailand (BoT) has taken stern steps to bring down the borrowing level by tightening its grip on mortgage to ...

Muhammad Faruk Khan, chairman of Bangladesh’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs, shares his views on the repatriation of Rohingya refugees in light of the 35th Asean Summit and Related Summits in Bangkok and Nonthaburi, which ended on Monday, in an exclusive interview with the Bangkok ...

The state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is planning to talk with power authorities in Cambodia and Myanmar to trade electricity from Thailand at a combined capacity of 500 megawatts.Patana Sangsriroujana, deputy governor for policy and planning, said Egat has been ordered by Energy ...

The National Savings Fund (NSF), a voluntary pension fund for self-employed workers, will seek the government’s approval to amend laws to provide perks and raise the state contribution to draw more members.The fund should offer extra incentives such as group insurance to members as they ...

The Revenue Department plans to adopt a carrot-and-stick approach in an effort to add 3-4 million individual and corporate taxpayers to the system, its chief says. The department must convince those with taxable income to enter the tax system, said Ekniti Nitithanprapas, director-general of the ...

The Asean region is set to experience a skilled labour shortage in the future, due to the mismatch between the qualifications held by existing workers and the skill sets needed to achieve and succeed in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR), a seminar was told.Keep reading ...

Naris Sakdapolrak, a retired engineer aged 72, had been diagnosed with mitral regurgitation, a heart problem whose remedy costs could reach millions of baht at private hospitals. So he decided to use his medical treatment rights under universal healthcare coverage, better known as the “gold ...