Aircraft deal cost THAI head his job
23/05/2012 at 12:00 AM
The Transport Ministry says Thai Airways International president Piyasvasti Amranand was sacked because of a disagreement with the board over the multi-billion-baht acquisition of new aircraft for the national flag carrier.

HM off to revisit historic paddy field
23/05/2012 at 12:00 AM
His Majesty the King will leave Siriraj Hospital to visit Thung Makham Yong, a vast paddy field in Ayutthaya, on Friday.

School about-turn angers parents
23/05/2012 at 12:00 AM
Parents are furious after a Bangkok high school at the centre of bribery claims overturned its earlier agreement to accept all the 57 students it had previously rejected.

Former execs never really left old nest
23/05/2012 at 12:00 AM
The return of the so-called House No.111 politicians and party executives will not have a significant impact on the political landscape and the end of their ban will only make their comeback official, analysts said.

Thailand to retain top spot in rice exports
22/05/2012 at 05:18 PM
Thailand would be able to maintain its position as the world’s largest rice exporter this year, permanent secretary for commerce Yanyong Puangraj said on Tuesday.

Compo payment for violence May 24
22/05/2012 at 04:53 PM
The government will pay compensation to 522 people who were affected by political violence at a ceremony at Government House on May 24.

PM Yingluck denies any political meddling at THAI
22/05/2012 at 04:28 PM
There was no political interference in the removal of Piyasvasti Amranand from the posts president and chief executive officer of Thai Airways International, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Tuesday.

Pheu Thai MPs at each other's throats in local polls
22/05/2012 at 11:19 AM
The Pheu Thai Party appears to have no real foes to fight with and is instead warring on its own MPs in local government elections for seats on provincial and tambon administrative organisations and municipal councils. The fight has not always been clean, one MP was physically assaulted last week in an attack he says was politically motivated.

Suicide bomber kills 96 in Yemen
22/05/2012 at 12:44 AM
A Yemeni soldier packing powerful explosives under his uniform blew himself up in the middle of an army battalion in Sanaa Monday, killing 96 troops and wounding around 300, a military official and medics said.

THAI sacks Piyasvasti as president
22/05/2012 at 12:00 AM
Piyasvasti Amranand was axed as Thai Airways' president and chief executive officer yesterday in a move he described as politically motivated.