Новости за 08.03.2021

A number of pha phra ves or painted Vessantara Jataka scrolls will be exhibited for one day only at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Saturday from 1.30pm to 4pm.

The seed of becoming a philanthropist was first sewn in Punsiree Kunakornpaiboonsiri's heart when she accompanied her family to donate clothes and goods to tribal communities in the north as a child.

As a spokesperson for the Thammasat University Student Union, Siwakorn Thatsanasorn is sociable and likes to help people out. One day, when she was in her neighbourhood, she noticed a girl who had a head injury and was crying. Out of concern, Siwakorn visited the girl's house and talked to her parents.

The Embassy of India presents Flames Of Aarti, a live theatre performance of contemporary poetry in motion by professional multi-faceted artist Aarti Saikia, at Siam Society, Asok Road, on Wednesday at 7pm.

Today is International Women's Day, also known as the United Nations Day for Women's Rights.

Thailand will lose the chance to lead disruptive changes in the digital and education sector if Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha continues to allow political jockeying for cabinet quotas dominate his decision on the forthcoming cabinet reshuffle.

Since the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis, women in the Asia-Pacific region have shown decisive leadership in steering their countries and communities with effective responses to the pandemic, whether it is managing their businesses and households or standing at the frontlines as health-care workers.

I couldn't believe that I hadn't been to the cinema for nearly a year. Blame Covid-19 for putting movie theatres off-limits, leaving us no choice but to entertain ourselves at home. It's no substitute for the pleasure of the big silver screen, but for the sake of my health, I had no choice.

It's now more than 100 years since the International Labour Organization first established standards on women in the workplace, focussing on maternity protection.

Months after watching the Prayut Chan-o-cha government launch a series of relief packages to ease the plight of the people, such as businesses that were closed as part of lockdown measures, Bangkok governor Aswin Kwanmuang might feel inclined to do the same. Last Monday, he pointedly forked out one billion baht from city coffers as part of a Covid-inspired cash handout.

Over the past year, rich-country governments and central banks have provided unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus to help mitigate the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Getting back to economic normalcy -- whatever modified form that takes in 2021 and 2022 -- will require advanced economies to start weaning themselves off official support before too long, and thereby avoid dangerous...

Soithip, an ethnic Karen-Thai woman from Bang Kloi in the Kaeng Krachan Forest, was among 22 villagers who were rounded up last Friday by state authorities and put behind bars at the Phetchaburi Provincial Prison. Returning to their ancestral land in the forest is a crime in the eye of the state.

National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc is asking the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to consider granting it a second liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping licence in a move to drive the state plan to make Thailand a regional LNG trading hub.

The U.S. and the European Union agreed Friday to suspend tariffs on wine, luggage, produce and other goods related to a longstanding dispute over government subsidies to Boeing Co. and Airbus SE, in a sign of easing trade tensions.

Investing for income in today's markets is like slogging across the Sahara looking for a cold drink.

Chiang Mai hoteliers have slashed their room rates by up to 90% during the off-peak season to attract more guests with weaker purchasing power.

Not many teams have had the Bruins’ number this season, but the Devils are one of them. Boston will host New Jersey on Sunday evening at TD Garden. It is Boston’s final game of a three-game homestead as puck drop is set for 5 p.m. ET. The B’s have lost two of their three games […]

Aljamain Sterling, being awarded the UFC bantamweight title at UFC 259 | Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

Get a unique rundown of the events of UFC 259 as Dayne Fox awards the best and the worst happenings of evening.

MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry's reasons behind taking part in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey have left one palace insider baffled, it has been claimed.

Jio may sell capacity given spectrum deals; Bharti eyes share gain; ‘Hold’ retained on Bharti with TP of Rs 590

The beloved social media music site Turntable.fm is making a surprise comeback nearly eight years after it was shut down in 2013. In fact, there are two new versions: The original Turntable.fm, recently resurrected by founder Billy Chasen, and the mobile-focused Turntable.org, created by several Turntable.fm alums. While both services...

A number of governors on Sunday defended easing Covid-19 restrictions in their states against top health officials' warnings that Americans should remain vigilant against highly transmissible variants and that the US could see another spike in cases.

The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

The two top Democrats in New York’s legislature withdrew their support for Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Sunday amid mounting allegations of sexual harassment and undercounting COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes.

Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa has said Shivamogga will look greener with the implementation of the Smart City proje