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Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.
Water plan goes before the public
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will host seminars to "listen to problems" from the North, Central and Eastern regions this month on a draft for a water management roadmap, officials say.
PM's office gets mystic makeover
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 08/09/2014
» Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has insisted he does not believe in superstition or in <i>feng shui</i> - Chinese geomancy - but the recent major feng shui-inspired refurbishments of Government House may prove otherwise.
Heavy rains swamp farms, ruin homes
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/09/2014
» Runoff from Sukhothai has reached Phitsanulok province, where the overflow from several days of heavy rain inundated the province’s farms yesterday.
Ministry to ban hookah, e-cigarettes
News, Published on 08/09/2014
» The Commerce Ministry plans to invoke a ministerial regulation to stop the import of Middle Eastern-style hookah pipes, a device to smoke tobacco, baraku or shisha, and e-cigarettes following the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO)’s policy to control them.
Train cuts woman in half at Yommarat
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2014
» A Bangkok-bound train hit a woman as she was crossing the rail track, dragging her body a short distance, cutting her in half and killing her, in Bangkok on Monday morning.
Koh Chang hard hit by flash floods
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2014
» The island district of Koh Chang in Trat province in the East was hit by flash floods that followed a heavy downpour on Sunday night after continuous rain over the past two days, causing damage to houses and public utilities.
Sukhumbhand resumes office
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2014
» MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Monday morning resumed his work as Bangkok governor after the Appeals Court dismissed a case filed by the Election Commission seeking to disqualify him for alleged violations of the election law in the city gubernatorial poll in early 2013.
Yingluck: Prayuth will keep his promise
Online Reporters, Published on 08/09/2014
» Former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra believes Gen Prayuth Chan-ocha will keep his promise and follow the road map he has presented to the people, according to Thairath Online.