Convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has sent an SMS message to his supporters urging them to join in the mass anti-government protest by the United front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD) in Bangkok this weekend.
The Transport Ministry has taken steps to ensure that travellers can use bus terminals and airports across the country normally during the mass anti-government rally in Bangkok this weekend, transport permanent secretary Supoth Sublom said on Wednesday.
The United Arab Emirates has been asked not to allow former prime minister Thaksin Shinawtra to continue to stay in Dubai and make it his base for political activities against the Thai government, the foreign minister's secretary, Chavanont Intarakomalsut, said on Wednesday.
The government has adequate forces to handle the red-shirt rallies this weekend, and he will not call a general election just to serve the demands of the protesters, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said after meeting with security chiefs on Wednesday.
Burma opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi has been barred from standing in polls this yearand may be excluded from her own party under the military junta's new election laws unveiled on Wednesday.
The central bank’s monetary policy committee is likely to keep its repurchase (RP) rate unchanged at 1.25 per cent when it meets on Wednesday, Ussara Wilaiphitch, a senior economist at Standard Chartered (Thailand) said on Tuesday.
Grandma Hai Khanjantha, a well-known fighter for justice and human rights, was given an honorary master's decree in political science at a commencement ceremony at Ramkhamhaeng University on Tuesday.
The man from Nakhon Phanom who tossed a bag of cow dung over the fence of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's house in Sukhumvit Soi 34 on Tuesday morning was sentenced by the Criminal Court to 10 days in detention.
The cabinet on Tuesday agreed to invoke the Internal Security Act (ISA) from March 11-23 to cope with the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship's (UDD) mass protest rally, as recommended by the security monitoring committee, acting government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn said.
