Health Ministry tends those wounded during clashes

The Ministry of Public Health is gearing up to provide medical treatment to those injured during clashes in Bangkok. Health Minister Dr. Pradit Sinthawanarong said that medical rescue teams and mobile medical units are set to deliver patients to major hospitals which include Lerdsin, Rajavithi and Nopparattana Ratchathani. Hospitals under...

GSB recalls loan to BAAC

The Government Savings Bank (GSB) has announced after a meeting that the 5-billion-baht loan granted to the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) is being recalled amid pressure from customers and employees. Chairperson of the GSB Board of Directors Chujira Kongkaew said after a meeting with the bank’s labour...

What is Richard Gere doing in India?

Remember what a flutter Richard Gere had created when he visited India last time by kissing our very own Shilpa Shetty during an AIDS awareness campaign. The Jaipur court had even issued an arrest warrant for showing the overdose of public affection. And now Gere is back in India and...

Trang invites Buddhist people to organize Buddhism Promotion Week together on occasion of Makha Bucha’Day Festival

Trang has invited Buddhists to observe a Buddhism Promotion Week, being celebrated from February 10th to 14th at all community temples. Mr. Somsak Parisuttho Hemthanont, Governor of Trang, said this year Makha Bucha Day falls on February14th and the Ministry of Culture and Religious Affairs Department have scheduled the Buddhism...