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Songkran homecoming rush moves to trains as fuel prices skyrocket
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 10/04/2026
» BURI RAM - Due to the surge in fuel prices, many travellers are booking trains to their hometowns ahead of the Songkran holiday. Passenger numbers at Buri Ram Railway Station rose by 30% compared to previous festival periods.
Compensation helps but won’t take away fear, say border villagers
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 06/09/2025
» BURI RAM - More than 7,000 households in Ban Kruat district have registered for compensation after they were forced to flee clashes along the Thai-Cambodian border earlier, though many residents say their lives remain far from normal.
Villagers reassured on power bill relief
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 22/08/2025
» The Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) has clarified the confusion over electricity bills that were sent to households in Buri Ram's Ban Kruat district, following public concern that residents returning from evacuation centres were being charged despite government relief measures being in effect.
Govt to help farmers pay for fertiliser
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 15/06/2024
» The government said it will introduce a co-payment scheme to support fertilisers for over 4 million rice-farming households.
Buffaloes vanish, leaving grandma unable to pay debts
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 12/05/2024
» BURI RAM: A grandmother in this northeastern province is facing financial ruin after her herd of 10 buffaloes suddenly disappeared. Charn Puangmalai was planning to sell them in order to her debt to a bank.
Elephant-riding Buri Ram 5th grader goes viral
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 16/07/2022
» BURI RAM: A fifth grade student in Satuek district has become a social media celebrity after switching to the family elephant for her daily commute to school to save fuel costs.
Frenchman denies caging staff at dog shelter
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 25/12/2019
» BURI RAM: A 50-year-old Frenchman has denied he caged his Thai staff at his charitable stray dog shelter, saying the baseless allegation had affected its operation.
Man stole village chief's buffalo to pay loan shark
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 29/11/2019
» BURI RAM: A man was charged with burglary after admitting stealing a buffalo owned by a village chief with a plan to sell the animal to pay a loan-shark debt.
Young bear found dead
News, Surachai Piragsa, Published on 11/09/2019
» An Asian black bear was found dead in Buri Ram yesterday, four days after it emerged from a wildlife reserve and attacked a man.
Pregnant hog deer killed by speeding vehicle in Buri Ram
Surachai Piragsa, Published on 04/02/2018
» BURI RAM: A pregnant hog deer, believed to be from a wildlife sanctuary, was killed after being hit by a vehicle on a highway in Non Din Daeng district of this northern province early on Sunday.