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Record 60-day rice sale blitz set to begin
Published on 26/04/2016
» The government plans to sell all 11.4 million tonnes of rice in government stockpiles within two months for 100 billion baht, the country's rice management board, starting next week.
Department pleads for delay in next rice crop
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 26/04/2016
» There is not enough water in the Chao Phraya River basin to feed rice farms in the early rainy season next month, according to the Department of Royal Irrigation (RID).
Local officials warned over storm funds
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2016
» The Ministry of Interior has ordered provincial governors and local administrative agencies not to receive money donated by the private sector and public to help victims of summer storms which have battered provinces in the North and Northeast, as it could violate the law.
May's win tops news
News, Post Reporters, Published on 25/04/2016
» News about Ratchanok Intanon becoming the first Thai world No 1 badminton player was the biggest story last week, a poll says.
Ratchanok makes the people happy - Poll
Online Reporters, Published on 24/04/2016
» News about Ratchanok Intanon becoming the first Thai world No.1 badminton player is the most significant news story that makes the people happy, an opinion survey conducted by Suan Susit Rajabhat University, or Suan Dusit Poll, says.
Life is tough at the top
News, Achara Ashayagachat, Published on 23/04/2016
» Running one of the country's most powerful ministries with its broad scope of responsibilities is not for the faint-hearted. But the incumbent interior permanent secretary has not been afraid to take on two very pressing issues that are in the international spotlight, and is winning recognition for his efforts.
Fire still burning at Kabin Buri dump
Online Reporters, Published on 20/04/2016
» PRACHIN BURI -- A fire which started at a garbage dump in Kabin Buri district early on Tuesday night was still burning over a 20-rai area on Wednesday, sending foul smelling smoke billowing over a wide area.
Call for rise in minimum wage
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 20/04/2016
» The government is being urged to raise the daily minimum wage by 5-7% in a bid to ease the hardship of farmers and working people whose income cannot meet their expenses.
Mekong water crisis compounded by rice-killing drought
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/04/2016
» HANOI -- The 3.6 hectares in southern Vietnam that double as rice paddy and shrimp pond for farmer Nguyen Thi Tam have become a wasteland. After the worst drought in 90 years, almost nothing grows.
New canal embankment collapses in Ayutthaya
Sunthon Pongpao, Published on 18/04/2016
» AYUTTHAYA - A new concrete and stone embankment along a canal in front of a temple in Sena district subsided on Monday, just a month after it was completed and handed over to the monks.