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No domestic flights from 11pm to 4am to contain Covid-19 surge
The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) has told agencies related to air transportation to refrain from operating domestic flights from 11pm to 4am in a bid to tackle the new wave of Covid-19.According to the announcement issued by CAAT chairman Suttipong Kongpool on Saturday, ...
The Nation Reporter
Thailand Has Never Used Exchange Rate to Gain Unfair Trade Advantage
The Bank of Thailand (BoT) has asserted that it has stepped into the market only to curb volatility in the baht, and Thailand has never used the exchange rate as a tool to gain an unfair trade advantage.BoT assistant governor Chantavarn Sucharitakul said the central ...
NNT Reporter
Government calls on all sectors to use work-from-home schemes
The government is urging all sectors to comply with the new Covid-19 restrictions by supporting work-from-home schemes where possible.The appeal came as Thailand logged another daily record number of Covid-19 cases at 1,767 on Sunday, bringing the accumulated number of confirmed cases since the pandemic ...
NNT Reporter
Siam Bioscience confident of delivering vaccine jabs on time
Siam Bioscience Co, the local biotechnology firm contracted to manufacture the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in Thailand, said it is confident that it will be able to deliver the vaccines on time once they have passed the required checks.The company is in the process of sending ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Most support govt's plan to create special holiday: poll
A majority of people agree with the government’s intention to create a special, long holiday similar to Songkran to help stimulate the country’s sagging economy, according to a survey by Suan Dusit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll.The poll was conducted online on April 6-15 ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
'Nothing about the Mekong is normal now’: Anger along Southeast Asia’s great river as water levels become unpredictable
Thailand: From a distance, it is hard to make sense of the small patches of green emerging from the cracking mud flats of the Mekong River. They are not oases, nor sprouts of river grass along dusty channels where water normally flows; they are golf greens.Recently, ...
More restrictions to be enforced in Bangkok from April 18
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Friday announced additional measures in a bid to contain the Covid-19 outbreak, in line with the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration’s decision to place Bangkok and 17 other provinces in red zone, or highest control area.“In the red zone ...
The Nation Reporter
Council hints at layoffs
The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) estimates the industry’s unemployment rate in the second quarter could reach between 2-2.5 million as reopening plans might be delayed if the government cannot flatten the virus curve within a month.Chamnan Srisawat, president of TCT, said staff had been ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Feel the people’s power flow
Amid the jubilation, there was a brief moment of uneasiness. Last September, during a ceremony to award the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Equator Prize held at the Boon Rueang wetland forest in Chiang Rai province, participants noticed the ground was much drier than it ...
No curfew, gatherings banned for 2 weeks
Authorities have decided against a curfew but schools will be closed while large gatherings and other high-risk activities will be suspended for two weeks from Sunday to control the fast-spreading new Covid-19 outbreak.Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has also ordered officials to seek more sources of ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
