KANCHANABURI: The owner of a lumber plant and three employees have been arrested for operating the business without a licence in contravention of the Forestry Act.

The Myanmar junta's foreign minister had defended its plan for restoring democracy, state media reported on Tuesday, after a meeting at which Southeast Asian counterparts pressed the army to implement a regional agreement meant to end turmoil.

Industries sentiment dropped for a second straight month in May, hitting an 11-month low, due to the third wave of coronavirus infections and a slow vaccine rollout, an industries group said on Tuesday.

There were 28 more Covid-19 deaths and 2,662 new cases over the past 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry reported on Tuesday morning.

AMANGELDI, Kazakhstan: Dropping to his knees to weigh a spindly-legged newborn saiga antelope, conservationist Albert Salemgareyev finds himself in the midst of the Kazakh steppe's most important baby boom.

PATHUM THANI: A fire raged through 11 shophouses used for storing cosmetic products in Thanyaburi district in the early hours of Tuesday, causing damage worth over 50 milllion baht.

The chairman of a tambon administration organisation in Chon Buri's Panthong district and an official in the TAO's engineering office have been arrested on charges of demanding and taking a bribe, Counter Corruption Division (CCD) commander Pol Maj G...

SONGKHLA: A restaurateur and his customers in Hat Yai district have been held for violating the provincial Covid-19 ban on liquor consumption.

CHON BURI: Another 69 Covid-19 cases have been reported in Chon Buri, 36 of them linked to six clusters.

TOKYO: A top Japanese virologist and government adviser has warned of the risks of spreading Covid-19 infections during the Tokyo Olympics, the Times of London reported on Tuesday, the latest high-profile caveat about the global sporting showpiece.