Veterinarians called to treat a sick wild female elephant in Chantaburi province on Sunday found their patient being guarded by a younger elephant, thought to be its offspring.

The labour union of Thai Airways International is protesting changes to the ailing flag carrier's employment contract, which its employees were asked to agree to as part of its financial rehabilitation programme.

The Central Shrimp Market of this coastal province reopened on Monday after being closed since Dec 19, when the second wave of Covid-19 began spreading from there.

Buoyed by the warm public response for Bangkok's first skypark across the Chao Phraya River that opened last year, the city's administration is planning to develop a similar elevated park in Bangkok's central business district.

Long-running environmental saga no closer to a happy resolution

Plan is to save viable tourism concerns involving soft loans and asset parking which must happen in tandem with the reopening of Thailand’s borders.

The speed limit for roads with four lanes or more will be raised from 90 kilometres per hour to 120kph, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Friday.

Holiday weekend a bonanza for islands

The Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) on Thursday allowed airline operators to serve food and drinks to passengers, as well as sell souvenirs on board the plane for domestic flights.

The government on Friday reported 45 new Covid-19 cases, 37 local infections and eight imported, raising the total to 25,809.

Samut Sakhon, Chiang Mai and Tak will start vaccinating priority groups, including health workers, against Covid-19 from March 1.

AirAsia will reinstate all routes from its Bangkok hub to points in Thailand during March, followed by the resumption of all direct flights between provincial cities by April.

First priority is soft loan request

Four popular economic boosting and tourist destinations, which are Chonburi, Phuket, Surat Thani (which includes popular tourist island Koh Samui), and Chiang Mai, are now prioritized for Covid-19 vaccine distribution.

Chao Phraya Express Boat signed a memorandum of understanding with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) on Tuesday to test run passenger electric boats on the Chao Phraya River from Pakkred pier to Sathorn pier.