The government on Wednesday reported 39 new Covid-19 cases, 34 local infections and five imported, raising the total to 26,540.

The cabinet has turned down a proposal from the Tourism and Sports Ministry to extend the fraud-plagued Rao Tiew Duay Kan (We Travel Together) scheme scheduled to end on April 30.

BTS Group Holdings Plc on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha to intervene in its legal dispute with Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) over the opening of new bidding for the western section of the MRT Orange Line.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has denied that Pol Lt Gen Surachate Hakparn, who was removed as Immigration Bureau commissioner in 2019, is being reinstated to an active post at the Royal Thai Police (RTP).

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) is to withdraw the operating licence of Mukda Suan Sua (Mukda Tiger Park & Farm) after DNA tests showed that two of its tiger cubs were not born in captivity after all.

Additional doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be sought for provinces which are tourist destinations to boost confidence and the local economies there, according to Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome.

Police will summon 27 WeVo guards and other people who on Saturday allegedly escaped from police vehicles after being held to acknowledge charges.

Three anti-government leaders have been moved from Bangkok Remand Prison to Thon Buri Remand Prison, where they are being held in quarantine.

Water splashing will probably be allowed during the Songkran festival next month, Culture Minister Itthiphol Kunplome said on Tuesday.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Repairs to the damaged underwater cable supplying electricity to Koh Samui and Koh Phangan were completed on Monday night, after widespread blackouts since Monday morning.