A crane at a construction site in Bangkok’s Din Daeng district partially collapsed yesterday, causing heavy property damage and injuring three workers, two of them seriously. In addition, large clouds of dust and debris caused damage in several houses and a school nearby. Read more: The Nation
Not long after a road in north Bangkok collapsed last month, a second incident occurred yesterday in Sukhumvit Soi 31 when work on water mains went wrong, creating a metre-deep crater overnight and causing heavy traffic congestion when an empty school van plunged into the crater yesterday morning. Read more: The Nation
The youngest daughter of a well-known actor sustained fatal injuries when her Mercedes Benz plunged from an elevated overpass in Bangkok Thursday morning. She died in hospital while her friend was killed instantly. Matawee Wattanakul, 21, passed away at the Paolo Memorial Phaholyothin Hospital after suffering brain injuries, a fractured skull and lung damage. Read […]
BANGKOK, 9 August 2012 (NNT) – Thai silk festival is set to be held in honor of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit at Suvarnabhumi airport during August 10-12, 2012. Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) together with Commerce Ministry and Airports of Thailand (AOT), will be hosting the Thai silk festival at Suvarnabhumi airport. The purpose of […]
Bangkok police busted a suspected drug gang after a dramatic city chase ended with one alleged trafficker gunned down and another two arrested in Don Muang yesterday. Police believe the three men were delivering metamphetamine drugs at Talad Thai in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district, but sped away in a pickup truck after suspecting that […]
BANGKOK, Aug 6 – Thailand’s state-owned Transport Company Limited has stepped up security at Mo Chit bus terminal in northern Bangkok after a bag containing hand grenades and an AK47 assault rifle was found on an interprovincial bus which arrived at the terminal crowded with passengers returning to the capital after a long holiday weekend. […]
BANGKOK, Aug 5 – Over 10 explosive devices and one rifle were found hidden in a suitcase on a Nakhon Ratchasima-Bangkok bus in Bangkok’s Mo Chit 2 bus terminal. The area was cordoned off for bomb squads to defuse them. Three M-26, two M-61, two M-67 grenades, four M-14 anti-personnel mines, an AK-47 rifle and […]
A Pakistani man was arrested for ATM card theft following the seizure of a skimmer device, a closed-circuit TV camera and 34 fake electronic cards from his apartment in Bangkok’s Suan Luang district, police announced yesterday. Mohammad Adeep, or Hasim, 45, was arrested after Krung Thai Bank’s Bang Khen branch found the skimmer and camera […]
