7 Inflation ran at 5.73% in March, the highest in 13 years, because the Russia-Ukraine war is raising energy prices, according to the Trade Policy and Strategy Office.
81 The commissioner of the Provincial Police Region 5 includes Muay Thai as a compulsory subject in the curriculum of police corporal students and Muay Thai legend Buakaw Banchamek is among their trainers.
19 The manager of late actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong admitted that she made a false statement on wine consumption.
42 There will not be a water fight on Bangkok’s famous Khao San Road during this Songkran festival due to several restrictions.
13 The French ambassador to Thailand, Thierry Mathou on Monday handed over 3.2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha as he paid a courtesy call on the Prime Minister at Government House on Monday.
53 A 34-year-old Thai man may be infected with XJ Covid-19 variant, a mutant hybrid of the BA.1 and BA.2 variants.
55 People from five villages in Omkoi district protested against a coal mine project and asked the Administrative Court to turn down its environmental impact assessment report.
51 Police warn that some software applications have malware that creates a fake Facebook log-in page to steal users’ names and passwords.
47 Wisapat “Sand” Manomairat denied police’s charge of fatal recklessness related to the death of actress Nida “Tangmo” Patcharaveerapong and was released on bail right away.
68 A solar powered boat will be deployed to collect garbage in the Chao Phraya River which will be one of 15 rivers in the world to receive the support from The Ocean Cleanup.
30 Visitors who enter the country through Test & Go, Sandbox and Quarantine channels will no longer have to undergo RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 before their arrival.
118 The price of cooking gas rose by one baht per kilogram today resulting in its price for a 15kg cylinder reaching 333 baht, ending two years of its frozen price due to the subsidy from the Oil Fund which had kept the retail price below its cost.
