Stock trading volume will be impacted if the government introduces a transaction tax on securities trades on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, the bourse president said on Friday.

KRABI: Three inmates were injured by rubber bullets fired by warders during a riot at Krabi prison in Muang district on Thursday night sparked by fear of a spreading outbreak of Covid-19 in the cells.

TAK: More Myanmar villagers have fled to Thailand after clashes between Myanmar troops and an ethnic Karen rebel group continued Friday.

There were 41 more Covid-19 fatalities and 3,537 new cases registered during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry said on Friday morning.

LOS ANGELES: Multiple Grammy winner Bruce Springsteen has sold his entire catalogue to Sony Music in a deal that "Billboard" said was worth about $500 million.

Banpu Power Plc, a power producer, is doubling down on its US-led growth strategy by pledging to invest at least $200 million (6.67 billion baht) in renewable energy projects to add to its existing shale gas and electricity portfolios.

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: Weightlifter Natthida "Nong Fa" Suchartphong, who won a gold medal at the Bahrain 2021 Asian Youth Para Games, arrived home to a warm welcome on Friday.

Inmates rioted at the Krabi Provincial Prison on Thursday night, demanding better care following a Covid-19 outbreak there, a Justice Ministry spokesman said.

TOKYO: Twenty-seven people were feared dead after a blaze at a building in a commercial district of the Japanese city of Osaka on Friday, the local fire department said.

Wayan Sentiani, 36, is earning barely a tenth of what she used to from selling T-shirts and sarongs near Kuta beach. For about a decade, she would get up to 2 million rupiah ($140) a day from mostly Australian, Chinese and European shoppers.