Bangkok Post

Narathip Puekpongsai stays glued to the radar screen at the Fishing Monitoring Centre (FMC). He picks up moving spots on the radar indicating two commercial fishing trawlers were getting too close to artificial reefs in the restricted three-mile (4.8km) radius zone.Keep reading ...

In a bid to control a major source of the fine particulate matter PM2.5, the Department of Land Transport on Friday announced a raft of measures to reduce emissions from vehicles.Jirut Wisanjit, director-general of The Department of Land Transport (DLT) said seven measures have been ...

Bangkok ranks 75th out of 102 cities worldwide in smart city rankings, according to the IMD Smart City (SCI) Index for 2019.It’s the first edition of the index, jointly commissioned by the World Competitiveness Center’s Smart City Observatory, under the IMD Business School in Switzerland ...

The Waste-to-Energy Trade Association (WETA) has given its full support to the government’s Energy for All scheme involving community-owned power, as the programme will increase power projects fuelled by agricultural waste.Keep reading ...

The cabinet has approved a budget of about 2.28 billion baht to repair roads and other infrastructure damaged by two storms last month.A source said the budget was requested by the Transport Ministry and approved at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.Keep reading ...

The 28th round of negotiations on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in Da Nang, Vietnam on Sept 19-27 were very fruitful and led to the conclusion of 13 of the 20 chapters in the proposed free trade agreement, the Commerce Ministry said yesterday.Keep reading ...

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry and related agencies have been ordered to speed up approving applications for the Digital Economy and Society Development Fund (Digital Economy Fund), set up a couple of years ago to upgrade Thailand’s telecom infrastructure.Keep reading ...

Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa’s asking 43 giant retailers, major plastic manufacturers and leading department stores to stop handing out single-use plastic bags starting January next year is a game changer in Thailand’s ongoing campaign to end plastic waste.Keep reading ...

Achieving universal healthcare coverage by 2030 is one of the targets within the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 on health. It is a target that Thailand achieved when it rolled out universal healthcare coverage (UHC), known locally as the 30-baht healthcare scheme, in 2002.Keep ...

Thailand’s economic growth forecast of 2.8% for this year is below potential, the central bank governor said on Monday, adding the bank was ready to review monetary policy if conditions worsen.While the Bank of Thailand (BoT) downgraded the 2019 growth outlook from the previous 3.3% ...