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Referee warned about Smith, Warner in 2016: report
AFP, Published on 30/03/2018
» SYDNEY - A match referee warned of disgraced Australian cricketers Steve Smith and David Warner "being involved in a ball-tampering incident" in the domestic Sheffield Shield in 2016, a media report said Friday.
Tarit not guilty of defaming Suthep
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/03/2018
» Former Department of Special Investigation (DSI) chief Tarit Pengdith and four other individuals and companies have been cleared of defaming former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban in connection with the police station construction scandal.
Bus crash, fire kills 20 migrant workers
Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 30/03/2018
» A double-decker bus loaded with Myanmar workers crashed and burned in Tak province Friday morning, killing 20 passengers.
Travel agents record uptick in visitors
Business, Suchat Sritama, Published on 30/03/2018
» Foreigners travelling to Thailand with members of the Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) totalled 1.46 million from Jan 1 to March 20, a 16% gain from the same period last year, says Atta president Vichit Prakobkosol.
Thammasat's electric motorbikes hit streets
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 30/03/2018
» Thammasat University has launched its all-electric motorbike taxi project at the Rangsit Campus, expecting to deploy 150 electric motorbikes by 2018.
Scrapped digital fees to hit banking income
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 30/03/2018
» Four large banks and a few smaller ones deciding to eliminate fees for digital banking transactions will deal a blow to the industry's fee-based income, which contributes a big portion, says the chief of the Thai Bankers' Association (TBA).
History spurts to life with selfies, cosplay
News, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 30/03/2018
» Due to Aor Jao fever, a craze from that TV rom-com mega-hit Bupphesannivas (Love Destiny in English) on TV Channel 3, I decided to cancel a merit-making trip to Ayutthaya Saturday.
Can technology transform patronage politics?
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 30/03/2018
» By the time it takes place after evident foot-dragging by relevant authorities, the next election in Thailand will be unlike its precursors. There will be new parties with new policy ideas, new vote-gathering technologies and first-time voters who came of age during Thailand's political tension and polarisation more or less over the past two decades. At issue during the next poll is whether and to what extent Thailand's entrenched and endemic patronage-driven and vote-buying political system has really changed. The evidence is mixed but it is plausible that a new kind of politics will emerge not directly in the next poll but in the 2020s.
Court offices out of place
News, Editorial, Published on 30/03/2018
» Similar to the demolition of the historical Supreme Court buildings in Bangkok, the leveling of a green area in Chiang Mai to pave the way for the construction of houses for judicial staff and court offices is unnecessary, costly and damaging.
Transport fix needed
News, Postbag, Published on 30/03/2018
» Re: "Merger of Grab and Uber drive monopoly, pricing concerns", (BP, March 27).