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Street protests grip Sri Lanka as economic crisis escalates
AFP, Published on 01/04/2022
» COLOMBO - Street protests gripped Sri Lanka Friday as demonstrators blocked main roads across the country, a day after hundreds tried to storm the president's home in anger over an unprecedented economic crisis.
American arrested over soured investments
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/04/2022
» An American citizen was arrested on Friday on charges of illegally luring investors to put money into derivatives and securities futures contracts that resulted in losses of more than 3 million baht, police said.
Scientists flag rice shortage concerns
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/04/2022
» Concerns are rising over the ability of Southeast Asia to retain its title as a major rice supplier to the world as countries such as Indonesia and the Philippines struggle to even produce enough for their own needs.
Hike in price of cooking gas hits pockets
Published on 01/04/2022
» The cost of cooking gas rose by one baht a kilogramme on Friday, and people called on the government to better control consumer prices as incomes remained stagnant or dropped.
Indonesia, Malaysia agree palm oil prices should not compete
Reuters, Published on 01/04/2022
» JAKARTA: Malaysia and Indonesia agreed that global prices of palm oil should be determined by the two biggest producers and they should not compete, Malaysia's Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said after meeting Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Friday.
Aid convoys unable to reach Ukraine's Mariupol
Bloomberg, Reuters, AFP, Published on 01/04/2022
» The United Nations said relief convoys have so far failed to reach Mariupol after the port city has been devastated by weeks of shelling by Russian forces, but aid including food and medicine arrived in the northeastern city of Sumy.
Oil spike eats into listed firms' profits
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 01/04/2022
» Total profits earned by Thai listed companies, excluding the energy sector, will likely shrink by 8.3% this year as soaring oil prices raise production costs in many industries, according to Kasikorn Securities (KS).
FTI urges government to rethink planned Ft hike
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 01/04/2022
» The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) wants the government to reconsider the plan to increase the fuel tariff (Ft) as the group works to slow rising energy costs and the pressure on the manufacturing sector.
Foreigners sell B123bn of Thai bonds since start of Ukraine war
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 01/04/2022
» More than 123 billion baht of foreign capital has exited the Thai bond market since Russia attacked Ukraine, part of a flight to the US dollar market, according to the Thai Bond Market Association (TBMA).
Putin's gas threat as Ukraine, West dismiss de-escalation claim
AFP, Published on 01/04/2022
» KYIV: Russia threatened Thursday to turn off its gas taps to Europe, opening up a new front in its war in Ukraine amid growing scepticism over Moscow's claim it is scaling back its onslaught.