Court jails ex-politician for drug plot
The Criminal Court yesterday jailed Suban Mahachanont, a 58-year-old former parliamentary candidate for the Thai Liberal Party, for 50 years for colluding last year in the trafficking of 985 kilogrammes of crystal meth to the Philippines.

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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Don Pramudwinai yesterday said he will meet his Myanmar counterpart to discuss how Thailand can help curb the Covid-19 outbreak across the border.

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The three-day Job Expo Thailand 2020 ended yesterday with more than 240,000 people applying for job vacancies and waiting for job interviews.

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'No Potjaman leadership bid'
Pheu Thai Party heavyweights on Sunday denied speculation that Khunying Potjaman na Pombejra, ex-wife of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra, will step in and take the helm at the party, though party sources said Khunying Potjaman has played a key role in the ongoing changes in the party's executive structure to end the internal conflict among party factions.

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Govt beckons further arrivals
The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Monday approved in principle the entry of foreign nationals to the kingdom including business visitors and tourists to help the country recover from the blows inflicted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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No end in sight: Bangkok's flood problem to persist
Nine years after the epic flood of 2011, the upper-eastern part of Bangkok -- the low-lying and flood-prone area -- is still as vulnerable as ever to inundation as City Hall might not be able to develop six flood catchment projects there as planned.

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