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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 15:13:00 +0700
Founder of first low-cost airline in Thailand dies
Udom Tantiprasongchai, best known for his introduction of the first low-cost airline in Thailand, has died at 66.

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:22:00 +0700
Thailand adds 374 Covid cases Sunday, mostly in S.Sakhon
Thailand on Sunday recorded 374 new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to date to 12,054. No new deaths were reported, leaving the accumulated total at 70.

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 08:00:00 +0700
Govt urges BMA to halt raising train fare ceiling
The Transport Ministry has urged City Hall to halt raising the BTS skytrain maximum fare ceiling, following heavy criticism.

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0700
Punter's paradise
The new committee set up to tackle illegal gambling and legalising gambling dens will not yield any substantial results as long as the police force is not reformed, academics and a former senior police officer say.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:10:00 +0700
Seven arrested as activists and police face off
At least seven people were arrested in confrontations between police and small groups of pro-democracy activists at two locations in Bangkok on Saturday.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:12:00 +0700
One Covid-19 death, 230 new cases
A Bangkok man died and 230 people were infected with Covid-19, bringing the totals to 70 deaths and 11,680 cases, according to the Covid-19 centre's daily report on Saturday.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 05:00:00 +0700
Pandemic steps to steer GDP outlook
Thailand's GDP growth projection of 3.2% for this year could be downgraded by as much as four percentage points, depending on the government's management of the latest outbreak, says the Bank of Thailand.

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 04:44:00 +0700
Deadly drug contained 20 times the safe amount of diazepam
The "k-powdered milk" drug, which has so far claimed nine lives, contains the tranquiliser diazepam but uses 20 times the safe amount, according to Justice Minister Somsak Thepsutin.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 18:55:00 +0700
Accused Forex-3D kingpin finally caught
The alleged mastermind of the Forex-3D Ponzi scheme has finally been caught in Bangkok after more than a year on the run outside the country.

Fri, 15 Jan 2021 15:50:00 +0700
B200m 'missing' from university aviation school's budget
NAKHON PHANOM: Nakhon Phanom University is investigating the disappearance of 200-million-baht from the budget allocated to its deeply troubled International Aviation College.



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