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Extra B9bn of paddy rice appears
Business, Published on 10/10/2013
» The government's rice pledging budget for the 2012-13 season may increase as a great amount of paddy poured into the scheme, spurring the national rice policy committee to request an extra 9 billion baht in funding from the cabinet.
India forces companies to start charitable giving
AFP, Published on 19/09/2013
» India's government still struggles to provide reliable basic services to a majority of its citizens, trapping hundreds of millions of them in poverty. Now the country's richest firms have been told they must help.
Mining for digital gold
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 16/09/2013
» Consider this. Early this year, you could buy one Bitcoin for US$13. By April 9, it changed hands for $230, an all-time high for this digital currency. Among the factors which may have contributed to the rise were the European sovereign-debt crisis, particularly the Cypriot financial crisis, its improving legal standing and rising media and internet interest.
Prompong urges haste in 6 DSI probes of Democrats
News, Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 24/08/2013
» Pheu Thai MP Prompong Nopparit on Friday asked the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) to speed up its probes into six cases involving members of the opposition Democrat Party.
Going the distance for orphans
Life, Published on 21/08/2013
» A fun run through scenic Bangkok parks next month will raise education money for children left orphaned by violence in the three southernmost provinces.
Temple cash: Where does it go?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 31/07/2013
» Auditors & accounting training for monks needed to prevent powerful monks from taking donation money for personal wealth.
Truth about temple cash isn't pretty
News, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 31/07/2013
» Did the notorious Nen Kham really have sexual affairs with at least eight women while he was a monk? Did he buy a private jet and a mansion in the US which he showed off on social media? Did he sleep with a minor and father her child? Was he involved in drugs and money laundering? Were he or his brother lying beside a woman in a picture?
Surin abbot denies B56m fraud
Nopparat Kingkaew, Published on 18/07/2013
» SURIN - The abbot of Pa Sri Pracha monastry has denied local residents' allegations that he and a nun defrauded them of 56 million baht in cash and assets.
Perhaps we should leave our monks alone
Life, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 17/07/2013
» What does the Buddhist Lent season, which will start next Tuesday, mean to you? Is it just another national holiday? Or is it a special event to commemorate and pay tribute to Lord Buddha?