Bangkok Post

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), led by Dr. Narong Sirilertworakun, NSTDA President, joins hands with the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, led by Prof. Banchong Mahaisavariya, M.D., President of Mahidol University, to develop a method to extract the RNA of a ...

The Fiscal Policy Office (FPO) is using satellites and carbon dioxide density measures to study economic conditions on a more continuous basis, according to senior officials at the Finance Ministry’s think tank.The data will allow the FPO to analyse data for areas to improve efficiency ...

The government plans 100 billion baht of new soft loans to help small-and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the tourist and services sector hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the finance minister said on Monday.The loans will offer more relaxed conditions than the central bank’s 500-billion baht ...

The Finance Ministry has approved the Labour Ministry’s proposal to provide leftover budget as a cash handout of 5,000 baht a month to nearly 90,000 workers registered under the Social Security Fund who were affected by the pandemic.“The Social Security Office (SSO) has submitted a ...

Uncertainty is unhealthy for investments and the prime minister is being urged to exercise his leadership by spelling out whether or not the current economic team will stay put in the next reshuffle.Some economists have predicted the economy could get a lot worse before it ...

The Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa) has set an ambitious goal to turn 100 cities nationwide into smart cities in two years to improve the economy and quality of life in line with the 20-year national strategy plan.Cities in six provinces plus Bangkok have begun ...

Around 50% of the 5,400 new HIV infections recorded in the country last year were among young people aged 15-24 years old, according to information presented by UNAIDS’ regional director for Asia and the Pacific.Eamonn Murphy told the Bangkok Post during the launch of UNAIDS’ ...

An all-time popular species that has no rival is the river prawn. The best way to cook prawns is to grill them medium-rare with the heads full of shiny orange, liquid fat.There is no need to cook them into a curry, stir-fried or deep-fried dish ...

The government is giving the green light to local tour operators to tap foreign medical and wellness tourists from next month while the “travel bubbles” tourism scheme is tipped to start in September, a senior spokesman said yesterday.Dr Taweesilp Visanuyothin, spokesman of the Centre for ...

The labour union of the Education Ministry’s textbook publishing and sales business, known as Suksapan, is demanding a review of the mass layoffs announced this week, blaming mismanagement for the organisation’s financial problems.The order to terminate 961 workers, or 93% of all Suksapan employees, cited ...