enlarge Air pollution shrouds Chiang Mai province on Tuesday. Motorists had to slow down because of limited visibility caused by the pall of smoke.//Photo by Pongmanat Tasiri
Today's Big Stories
TRT complains to Auditor General over Saprang's trip
The Thai Rak Thai Party filed a complaint on Tuesday to Office of the Auditor General against the use of funds for the overseas excursion by Council for National Security assistant secretarygeneral General Saprang Kalayanamitr.
Mental hospital to be open for public
In the wake of public scepticism surrounding Dr Prakitpao Thomthitchong's admission as a mentally-ill patient, Mental Health Department director general ML Dr Somchai Chakraphan plans to allow public visits to psychiatric hospitals.
Prakitpao must stay in hospital: court
The Criminal Court decided yesterday not to order the release of Dr Prakitpao Thom-thitchong from a mental institution.
Big interest rate cut expected next month
The Bank of Thailand (BOT) is likely to sharply cut the interest rate by half a percentage point next month, paving the way for the eventual removal of the 30-per-cent capital control measure.
Is the Thai government right to protest Cambodia's appointment of Thaksin as its economic adviser by recalling Thai ambassador and suspending all cooperations?