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Heavy rain spurs flood warnings
News, Post Reporters, Published on 14/08/2022
» Tropical depression Mulan has dumped a significant amount of rainwater into 35 dams triggering warnings of a potential spillover from some, says the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR).
Justice stalls in court
Oped, Editorial, Published on 11/08/2022
» Chaiwat Limlikit-aksorn, former chief of Kaeng Krachan National Park, has been allowed to return to work until a court hands down a ruling over a petition he filed. It looks like a small victory for Chaiwat.
Gaps in city flood defence as dam increases discharge
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 27/07/2022
» City Hall is warning Bangkok residents to brace for possible flooding when the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat increases its discharge rate next month in response to increasing water run-off from upstream provinces during the rainy season.
Gaps in flood wall render Bangkok vulnerable
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 26/07/2022
» City Hall is warning Bangkok residents to brace for possible flooding when the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat increases its discharge rate next month in response to increasing water run-off from upstream provinces during the rainy season.
Sri Lanka protesters ending occupation of govt buildings
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators said Thursday they were ending their occupation of official buildings, but would press on with their bid to bring down the president and prime minister in the face of a dire economic crisis.
Sri Lanka protesters in talks to end occupation
AFP, Published on 14/07/2022
» COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators were in talks Thursday to hand back official buildings they seized, protest representatives said, even as they insisted the president and prime minister both quit in the face of an economic crisis.
Dead rivers: The cost of Bangladesh's garment-driven economic boom
AFP, Published on 21/06/2022
» DHAKA: Bangladeshi ferryman Kalu Molla began working on the Buriganga river before the patchwork of slums on its banks gave way to garment factories -- and before its waters turned pitch black.
Sites scoured for fugitive politician
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 13/06/2022
» The hunt for the missing president of the Prachin Buri Provincial Administrative Organisation (PAO), accused of forest encroachment, stepped up yesterday with police scouring multiple locations in the province.
Superbugs lurk in local food systems
Oped, Published on 06/04/2022
» When you think of antibiotics, the first thing that probably comes to mind is a doctor prescribing treatment to a sick person. But the vast majority of antibiotics used are actually given to animals on factory farms. This overuse of antibiotics in the agricultural sector is fuelling a global health crisis, with antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" killing more than one hundred Thais every day.
Agencies told to help flood-hit provinces
News, Post Reporters, Published on 28/02/2022
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ordered relief agencies to rush help to five southern provinces hit by severe floods, deputy government spokeswoman Rachada Dhnadirek said on Sunday.