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BUSINESS

BBL maintains loan growth target amid global volatility

Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 20/04/2026

» Bangkok Bank (BBL) expects crude oil prices to remain elevated despite an eventual end to the war in the Middle East, while encouraging local businesses to accelerate their transition to alternative energy.

THAILAND

Senate panel proposes VAT hike to curb debt

News, Post Reporters, Published on 20/04/2026

» The Senate's Economic, Monetary and Fiscal Affairs Committee has unveiled a broad tax reform proposal, including a hike in value-added tax (VAT), to address rising public debt, which is projected to approach or exceed legal limits in the coming years.

OPINION

Norathip's gaffe shows mistrust still rife

Oped, Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 20/04/2026

» A campaign is being  aggressively launched on the social media to save Lt-Gen Norathip Poynok, commander of the southern-based Fourth Army Region, from being transferred out of the region as demanded by the federation of private religious schools in the Deep South, known as the Pondok and Tadika schools.

THAILAND

PM, key ministers head North to ramp up pollution fight

News, Published on 20/04/2026

» Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul will travel to Chiang Mai today with a team of ministers to step up efforts to tackle PM2.5 pollution in the North.

OPINION

Car scheme doubts

Oped, Editorial, Published on 20/04/2026

» The government's planned "old car for new" scheme, a campaign to provide a subsidy and soft loans to accelerate electric vehicle adoption, marks a policy push to advance the transition towards net zero. In principle, the direction sounds good.

LIFE

Thai wetlands in focus at Siam Society talk

Life, Published on 20/04/2026

» The Natural History Section of Siam Society is holding a panel discussion on "Wiang Nong Lom: The Significance Of Wetlands" at Siam Society, Asok Road, on April 25 from 9.30am to noon.

BUSINESS

Measures seek to bolster SMEs' bidding clout

Business, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 20/04/2026

» The Comptroller General's Department is preparing to roll out measures designed to strengthen small and medium-sized enterprises' (SMEs) competitiveness against large businesses in government procurement bidding.

WORLD

Pope Leo XIV calls for 'hope' before 100,000 faithful in Angola

AFP, Published on 19/04/2026

» LUANDA (ANGOLA) - Tens of thousands of people attended a giant open-air mass by Pope Leo XIV outside the Angolan capital Sunday, where he delivered a message of hope to the resource-rich country marked by poverty and inequality.

WORLD

Zelensky slams oil sanctions relief for Russia

AFP, Published on 19/04/2026

» KYIV- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday condemned the easing of sanctions on Russian oil after the United States extended a waiver meant to soften surging energy prices driven by the Middle East war.

THAILAND

Nine killed when family pickup crashes off mountain road

Online Reporters, Published on 19/04/2026

» NAN - Nine people were killed and five left injured when a pickup truck carrying 21 relatives home from a fishing trip crashed off a steep mountain road in Pua district of this northern province.