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Amid global economic recession and rising inflation, the financial industry is undergoing a digital transition affecting both strategy and services. Krungsri Consumer, Thailand’s leading credit card and personal loan operator, is also planning digital-friendly changes to its organisation and services.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt sat down to lunch with a road sweeper, a garbage collector and a gardener on Sunday.

The al-Azraqain landfill receives hundreds of tonnes of waste a day, including the dangerous untreated medical waste generated by hospitals in Sanaa.

Drivers of electric vehicles will have to start paying a fee to charge their batteries at PTT EV stations from next month.

Bangkokians can apply to join the project to plant 1 million trees across the capital from next week, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said on Sunday.

Malaysia is allowing Thailand to export rice flour to the western part of the country after shipments were halted for almost 20 years, Commerce Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said on Sunday.

Bangladesh’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud said no television channel in the country will be allowed to broadcast more than one foreign serial at a time.

The Digital Economy and Society Ministry on Sunday warned people against answering calls with the prefix “+697”, saying that the prefix was used by call-centre scammers.

Thalugaz anti-government protesters plan to stage a motorcycle rally on Bangkok roads on Sunday afternoon, the group announced.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has vetoed a bill proposing the creation of a special economic zone and freeport in the airport city of Bulacan due to “substantial fiscal risks to the country”.

The 5.146 million digital lottery tickets issued for the July 17 draw were snapped up within 28 hours – a record since the new system was introduced on June 2.

Thailand’s Koh Pha-ngan topped the list of the world’s 16 best workation destinations, followed by Spain’s Gran Canaria and the Portuguese capital of Lisbon.

The House secretariat issued a statement on Sunday denying the Parliament building had sprung a leak during a heavy downpour on Friday.

Thailand is gearing up for an influx of Karen refugees as the Myanmar army continues bombing Karen villages in the border town of Myawaddy.

Most Bangkokians support the governor’s decision to designate seven sites in the capital for public rallies, survey results released on Sunday show.

The recent heatwave in Japan has seen a shift in which products are selling well. Consumers are also opting for more energy-efficient air conditioner models even though they are slightly more expensive.

Despite being fully vaccinated as well as receiving a booster shot, Industry Minister Suriya Juangroongruangkit announced on Sunday that he has tested positive for Covid-19.

The third-highest alert against a scorching heat wave was issued nationwide on Saturday, 18 days earlier compared to last year.

MedPark Hospital and Modena by Fraser Bangkok signed Medical Service Agreement for hospital referral of international visitors and staff

Thousands of residents across parts of Sydney were ordered to evacuate on Sunday, with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding Australia’s east coast and threatening floods in areas that were hammered in March.

A group representing the LGBTQ+ community in Khon Kaen held a rally dubbed “Naruemit Pride” at the Democracy Monument in Muang district on Saturday.

The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has yet again come up with a plan to make Kathmandu a beggar-free city. Similar ideas have been ineffective earlier.

Chaba, the third typhoon of the year, made landfall in the coastal area of Maoming City in south China's Guangdong Province at around 3 p.m. Saturday.

Public Health Ministry reported on Sunday (July 3) morning that in the past 24 hours there are 2,328 new patients who tested positive for Covid-19, three of whom have arrived in Thailand from abroad.