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The ATM at 50: How it’s changed consumer behaviour
Associated Press, Published on 22/09/2017
» An automated teller machine. The cash machine. In Britain, a cashpoint.
Army ready for blimp investigations, Prawit says
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 22/09/2017
» The army is prepared for any investigations that may be carried out into its controversial 340-million-baht aerial patrol project, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon said Thursday.
CCD swoops in temple funds scandal
News, Published on 22/09/2017
» Counter-corruption police launched raids on 14 locations in seven provinces as the agency expands its probe into allegations of 140-million-baht corruption involving the state grant-in-aid scheme for temples nationwide.
New e-welfare cards rolled out
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2017
» The government started handing out e-welfare cards in parts of the country yesterday, giving those most in need a fixed allowance for expenses ranging from daily necessities to educational materials.
Effects of tourism 'must be measured'
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 22/09/2017
» Thailand should measure the environmental effects of boosting tourism, says president of the Public Policy Studies Institute Foundation, Mingsarn Kaosa-ard.
Cleric defrocked for slamming Muslims
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2017
» National security concerns are behind the defrocking of an outspoken monk who harshly criticised Muslims, Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon says. But he insisted the man had agreed to be defrocked.
Database to weed out fake, rogue monks
News, Published on 22/09/2017
» Prime Minister's Office Minister Ormsin Chivapruck has called on the National Office of Buddhism (NOB) to create a cleric database to complement the government's smart ID cards for monks and temple auditing initiatives.
PAD chiefs lose B522m payout fight
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2017
» The Supreme Court has rejected a petition by key People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) figures appealing against a lower court ruling ordering 13 group members to pay the Airports of Thailand (AoT) 522 million baht in compensation for a 2008 protest that shut down the capital's two airports.
Unicef urges boost to maternity leave
News, Dumrongkiat Mala, Published on 22/09/2017
» Thailand should increase the length of paid maternity leave to 180 days, up from 90 now, to help mothers better look after their children and provide babies with higher nutrition from breast milk in the crucial first six months of life, says Unicef.
More ex-KTB executives in the firing line
News, Post Reporters, Published on 22/09/2017
» A lawyer has filed a petition with the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG), asking the agency to prosecute two former Krungthai Bank (KTB) executives, including a cabinet minister, who have been spared charges in relation to the KTB loan scandal.