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Opponents of the Eastern Economic Corridor city plan have warned they will escalate their protests and might ask the Administrative Court to halt the project indefinitely if the Eastern Economic Corridor Office (EECO) refuses to postpone the draft finalisation beyond August 9 to allow for ...

Representatives of the Lao government and the builder of the Xayaburi dam have dismissed allegations that water retention at the dam, for the trial run of electricity generators, is one of the reasons for the sharp lowering of the water level in the downstream stretches ...

Prime Minster Prayut Chan-o-cha will be asked to approve seven urgent measures to deal with the looming water scarcity in 20 northern and northeastern provinces.The solutions, part of the national anti-drought scheme prepared by the Office of the National Water Resources, include supplying water to ...

The Revenue Department is studying two options for the government’s personal income tax cut campaign promise — one an outright 10-percentage point cut across tax brackets and the other a 10% cut across brackets.For the cut by 10 percentage points, individual taxpayers who are liable ...

Civic groups on Sunday lodged a petition calling for governments of countries along the Mekong River to review upcoming dam projects.The petition was on Sunday submitted to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) by the Mekong Conservation Network in the North during a forum held ...

Non-performing loans (NPLs) relating to agricultural products reached 12 per cent in the first quarter of this year, sitting at Bt25 billion, TMB Analysis reports.The retail and wholesale businesses for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are in a worrisome situation in terms of debt, said ...

Proper control to prevent state authorities’ misuse of the Cybersecurity Act is one of the many suggestions made by people in an opinion survey carried out jointly by the Public Relations Department (PRD) and National Institute of Development Administration (Nida).The poll was conducted on June ...

Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob promises to cut train and bus fares this year, with government subsidies allowing electric train fares at a possible flat 15-baht rate.A main policy of the Transport Ministry was to cut the cost of living by reducing fares – especially electric ...

With large-scale industries reluctant to invest in the border special economic zones (SEZs), Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak has assigned government agencies to come up with more measures and incentives to draw investment from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).Keep reading ...

Thailand has asked the Lao government to suspend the test run of the Xayaburi dam, in order to curb the worsening drought that has hit provinces along the Mekong River.The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) yesterday revealed that it submitted an official letter ...