Wed, May 22, 2013 01:26:40 AM
Bangkok Post
Wed, May 22, 2013 01:26:40 AM
Bangkok Post
The Stock Exchange of Thailand main index went up 15.44 points, or 0.95%, to close at 1,643.40 points at the end of trading session this afternoon. The trade value was 57.89 billion baht, with 10.29 billion shares traded.
A Samut Prakan woman has told police she was deceived by a person claiming to be an Australian man who she met on Facebook and was conned into handing over 190,000 baht after he promised to marry her.
PTT and Bangchak will increase the prices of all kinds of fuel except diesel by 0.40 baht per litre, effective from 5am on Tuesday.
Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung could defer his plan to file a private amnesty bill with the House of Representatives office on May 23 after hearing what former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra had to say on Sunday night, Pheu Thai MP for Samut Prakan Worachai Hema said on Monday.
An unidentified foreigner, a white male, was killed when he was struck by a train in Prachin Buri province early Monday, police said.
The Pheu Thai Party will hold a meeting of MPs and party members on Tuesday to prepare for the 2014 Budget Bill debate, party spokesman Prompong Nopparit said.
The House will meet in extraordinary session on May 29-30 to deliberate the fiscal 2014 Budget Bill. No other bills will be proposed for consideration, government whip chairman Amnuay Khlangpha said on Monday.
Myanmar is on course for a big jump in textile exports to Europe following the return of trade privileges by the European Union (EU), according to the Thailand Textile Institute.
The family of a 23-year-old British backpacker who died after consuming poisonous alcohol sold as gin in Indonesia has pledged to raise awareness of the dangers of methanol, to prevent more travellers being killed by toxic drinks.
Veteran rocker Rod Stewart notched his first UK number one album for 34 years as "Time", his first LP of new material for 20 years, shot to the top of the charts.
