"Ramadan"

A night market in Pattani’s Muang district has moved up its closing hours in compliance with the government’s 10pm to 4am curfew to allow merchants enough time to pack up their stalls and get home in time.

The Department of Disease Control on Friday (April 17) sent guidelines to prevent Covid-19 transmission during Ramadan to governors of every province in the country. Ramadan, the Muslim month of prayer and fasting, will run from April 24 (or 25) to May 23 (or 24) this year.

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When Barisan Revolusi Nasional (BRN) insurgents detonated a motorcycle bomb at the crowded Bor Thong Market in Pattani province on May 27, they could have foreseen there would be many civilian casualties. But that did not stop them. 

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VIOLENCE continued in the deep South yesterday, despite the authorities stepping up security for the last 10 days of Ramadan.

The 12-year-old Rohingya refugee dreamed of Ramadan back in his own village -- fish to break the day's fast, gifts from his family and relaxing beneath the trees before evening prayers at the mosque.

A ROADSIDE bomb killed six troops and injured four others as they were on patrol in the restive South yesterday, Internal Security Operation Command (Isoc) officers said, adding that a spike in insurgent violence was expected before the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Saturday.

The Star newspaper of Malaysia has suspended its two top editors pending investigation and inquiry into the paper’s front page on May 27 which caused controversies.

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan this year saw 49 violent incidents in the deep South, claiming 22 lives and wounding 47 others, the Deep South Watch Centre at Prince of Songkhla University’s Pattani Campus said.

AS THE HOLY month of Ramadan ended yesterday, violence in the deep South continued unabated. In the latest incident, a bomb attack near the Pattani Central Mosque on Sunday night killed a traffic policeman and wounded two other officers and one civilian.