Bangkok Post
Student loans boost as crisis bites
More parents will be allowed to seek loans from the Finance Ministry’s Student Loan Fund (SLF) as it boosts loan finance and eligibility criteria following the impact of Covid-19 on household incomes.Some funding criteria will be adjusted to cover more borrowers and each student will ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Central bank paints grim economic picture
The economy contracted at an accelerated pace in March due to Covid-19 measures, with sharp drops reported in almost all areas, according to the Bank of Thailand.Inflation fell into negative territory for the first time since June 2017, said Don Nakornthab, senior director of the ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Cabinet gives green light to food processing plan
The cabinet on Tuesday approved an action plan for food processing industry development for 2019-27 and a supporting budget of 6.6 billion baht.According to Rachada Dhanadirek, the government spokeswoman, the action plan aims to upgrade Thailand to become a hub of processed food in Asean ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Govt sees GDP, investment boost if joins CPTPP trade pact
Thailand could expect a boost to its economic growth, investment and exports to help offset the negative impact of the new coronavirus pandemic if it participates in an Asia-Pacific trade agreement, the commerce ministry said on Monday.The country has before said it aimed to seek ...
Asean urged to ramp up migrant screening
Diplomatic and economic experts are calling on countries in the region to step up the screening of migrant workers in the future to prevent the transmission of diseases like Covid-19.Former foreign minister Kasit Piromya on Friday said the government must now increase migrant screening measures ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
SRT invests in Big Data in bid to boost rehab efforts
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is spending at least 300 million baht to hire a consulting firm to digitialise and create Big Data for its 200,000-plus rai in property holdings nationwide.Worawut Mala, deputy governor overseeing asset management, said on Friday that the SRT had ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
19 Thai unis list on 'THE Impact' ranks
Approximately 19 Thai universities are listed on the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings (THE Impact), global performance scales assessing universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which consider their research, outreach and stewardship.Chulalongkorn University is ranked first in Thailand and 45th in the ...
Kornchanok Raksaseri
Ministry setting up cash for 2m disabled
The Finance Ministry is seeking a lifeline for the 2 million disabled and underprivileged people who are adversely affected by the coronavirus outbreak, says finance permanent secretary Prasong Poontaneat.The ministry is working out the details with the Social Development and Human Security Ministry, which has ...
Wichit Chantanusornsiri
Backbone of migrant health care
Ranong and Samut Sakhon provinces have managed to keep Covid-19 infections at bay and credit for their impregnable defence is owed largely to village volunteer health workers.Known formally as Migrant Health Volunteers (MHVs), they reach out to the migrant worker groups who make up a ...
Penchan Charoensuthipan
Anti-wildlife trafficking groups target viral origin
Conservationists are demanding an end to the wildlife trade to stamp out the root cause of zoonotic outbreaks such as the coronavirus pandemic, which likely originated at a wet market in Wuhan, China and has infected more than 2,800 people in Thailand.Speaking at the Foreign ...
Thana Boonlert
