Talks between the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) and Charoen Pokphand Group (CP Group) on March 19 will decide whether the consortium will develop a high-speed rail project linking three major airports, Deputy Transport Minister Pailin Chuchottaworn said. The consortium submitted the…

The Royal Forest Department on Friday came out to defend the latest cabinet resolution allowing the country’s biggest cement-processing company to continue limestone mining in an ecologically-rich watershed area in Saraburi province. Amnuayporn Choldumrongkul, deputy chief of the Royal Forest Department, said…

Machines will be provided for farmers to help them harvest rice crops by year’s end. (Bangkok Post file photo) The Commerce Ministry will help provide farmers with sufficient harvest machines at a reasonable cost in November-December to gather all rice crops in…

A government-sponsored rally on Sunday featured ‘Death to America’ to mark the 39th anniversary of the seizure of the US Embassy, in Tehran. (Tasnim News Agency via Reuters) DUBAI: Iranians chanting “Death to America” rallied on Sunday to mark both the anniversary…

Gold prices in Bangkok were unchanged on Saturday morning. The Gold Traders Association announced the buying price at 19,100 baht and the selling price at 19,200 baht per baht-weight for bullion. For ornaments, the buying and selling prices were 18,752.92 baht and…

A luxury catamaran with nine passengers on board catches fire at Ao Kung bay off Thalang district, Phuket, on Saturday evening. All passengers were rescued. (Photo by Achadtaya Chuenniran) PHUKET: A catamaran caught fire on Saturday evening at Ao Kung bay in…

A VietJet aircraft prepares for landing at Tan Son Nhat airport in Ho Chi Minh City. (Reuters Photo) HANOI: VietJet Aviation signed a US$6.5-billion agreement on Friday to buy 50 Airbus A321neo jets, the Vietnamese budget carrier said. The agreement, signed during…

A worker carries recovered debris believed to be from Lion Air flight JT610 onto a truck at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Friday. (Reuters Photo) JAKARTA: New details about the crashed Lion Air jet’s previous flight cast more doubt on the…

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (right) speaks next to Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander (second right) during a meeting with a group of US Republican senators and Congress members at Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Thursday. (Reuters photo) BEIJING: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang…

(AP photo) NEW YORK: Amazon wants to get more kids thinking about becoming computer engineers. The company launched a programme Thursday that aims to teach more than 10 million students a year how to code. Amazon said it will pay for summer…