FRANKFURT – The European Central Bank, comforted by better-than-expected data since Britain’s vote to quit the EU, will keep drastic monetary policy changes in reserve at a meeting next week, analysts predicted. With Britain still uncertain about what deal to seek from its EU partners, […]
The board of state-run broadcaster MCOT Plc has suspended president Sivaporn Chomsuwan from day-to-day work pending an investigation into his qualifications amid accusations of conflicts of interest. His suspension will be effective from Wednesday, when Mr Sivaporn is due to return from leave, MCOT said […]
INEXPENSIVE AND VERSATILE: Adeniums are judged not just by the beauty of their flowers but also by their caudex, the swollen stem at the base of the plant. Arun Kumar Paul sent me an email from Kolkata, India, to say that he loved plants like […]
Roosevelt’s full-length debut is pastel-coloured electropop swathed in retro disco grooves and soft rock influences. Roosevelt/ Roosevelt Cologne-based singer-songwriter, DJ and producer Marius Lauber first caught our attention in 2013 with his four-track EP Elliot under the name Roosevelt. On that EP, Lauber, who used […]
illustrations: 123rf; Art: Kanokthip Khunteeraprasert Running a language school where most of the students are primary school children can be a little daunting at times. There are moments when we are not teachers but instead have to be mentors, adjudicators, father confessors, judges … you […]
Ariya Jutanugarn tees off on the 18th hole of Whistle Bear Golf Club in the promotional pro-am, using her driver in a tournament for the first time in several months. (AP photo) CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO – Ariya Jutanugarn continued to move up the leaderboard, vaulting from […]
A visitor jumps for a photograph on the world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge above a valley in Zhangjiajie in China’s Hunan Province on Aug 21, 2016. (AFP photo) BEIJING – The world’s longest glass bridge, over a scenic canyon in China, has been closed […]
Chaweng is Samui’s most popular tourist beach but poorly regulated commercial development has long been a source of complaints. (Bangkok Post file photo) SURAT THANI: Authorities on Saturday morning demolished 30 buildings encroaching on public space near Chaweng beach on Koh Samui, reclaiming around nine […]
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The back half of the last carriage on the Sungai Kolok-Bangkok train was blown off by the bomb blast in Khok Pho district of Pattani on Saturday evening. (Photo by Abdulloh Benjakat) PATTANI: One man was killed and three people injured when a bomb exploded […]
