An elephant camp in Thailand has bought six new jumbos to welcome tourists and returning Chinese visitors, offering activities from elephant rides to elephant showers, the owner said. The Pang Chang Kamala Elephant Camp on the resort island of Phuket is also adding programs such as elephant care due to an increase in bookings after […]
Patongtarn, 36, has attended party rallies in the past year and in recent months has led opinion polls on top prime ministerial candidates, far ahead of incumbent Prayuth Chan-ocha, who led Yingluck’s government as army chief. was uprooted. Yingluck and Thaksin are both living abroad to avoid prison sentences under military rule. Prayuth has been […]
Mehboob said BPC would buy about 60,000 tonnes of diesel from India’s Numaligarh Refinery Ltd for the January to December period of the current year, with about 5.45 billion taka. Following two separate proposals from the Ministry of Industry, Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) will buy about 30,000 tonnes of bulk granular urea fertilizer from […]
In November, it recorded 1.75 million visitors, quadruple the number received for the entire previous year when flights and foreign arrivals were limited. Anutin said Thailand was now expecting 7-10 million Chinese visitors, compared to an earlier estimate of 5 million. “This is a good sign for Thailand’s tourism sector…the country’s economy will recover rapidly. […]
Sources said that out of 19,227 passengers who were screened for COVID-19 during this period, 124 were found positive. The Indian government has made a COVID-19 negative test mandatory for arrivals from China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand. The new requirement is in addition to random tests on 2% of all international […]
Even Japan, known for its strict cannabis-possession laws, allows cannabidiol, an active ingredient in cannabis that doesn’t get users high, commonly referred to as CBD. E-commerce company Rakuten and Pan Pacific International’s Don Quijote supermarkets now offer a wide range of CBD oils and gummies. South Korea was the first country in East Asia to […]
Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as the “Bikini Killer” in Thailand, and ‘The Serpent’ citing his advanced age and health for evading police. A French national who was born to an Indian father and Vietnamese mother, Sobhraj, 78, landed at Paris’ main international airport shortly after 7 a.m. and […]
It said the delegation “explained terrorist activities” of the opposition People’s Defense Forces (PDF) militias linked to the ousted National Unity Government (NUG). “Therefore, the delegation of Myanmar urged the ASEAN member states to condemn the terrorist activities of NUG, PDF and discourage any moral, material and financial support to terrorist organizations.” Myanmar’s relations with […]
The Navy posted images and video footage on its Twitter account, showing a group of personnel in orange vests in a black inflatable raft being towed away from a ship in the dark as waves raged around it . It was not immediately clear how many rafts were deployed. Navy spokesman Admiral Pogkrong Manthardpalin said […]
An Indian Coast Guard official said they had received information about a boat with people stranded, but said it was not in Indian waters. When asked where the boat is at present, the official did not comment. Saeed Alam, a Rohingya activist from Thailand, who also said he spoke to relatives of those who died, […]
At least 150 ethnic Rohingya are stranded in the sea off Thailand, activists said Wednesday, fearing many may have died and urging authorities to rescue survivors. Every year many Rohingya, members of a Muslim minority, risk their lives to escape persecution and violence in Myanmar and filth in Bangladesh refugee camps. Many try to reach […]
“Prices are rising, especially on strong demand from Bulog, Indonesia’s food procurement agency,” said a trader in Ho Chi Minh City. “The rise in Vietnam prices may have prompted the Cuban buyer to switch to buying cheaper grains from India,” the trader said. A ship loading 28,000 tonnes at Kakinada port in the southern Indian […]
