BANGKOK, 5 March 2011 (NNT)-The Bangkok Council has revealed 123 crime hot spots and has coordinated with the police to get CCTV cameras installed in those areas with full financial support. President of Bangkok Council Mr. Suthichai Weerakulsoonthorn said after meeting with Deputy Chief of the Crime Suppression Division (CSD) Pol Col Supisal Pakdinaruenart that […]
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) Thailand-based Bangkok Airways Friday said it has started its first India operations by connecting Bangkok with Mumbai through six flights per week. ‘Demands are there and we realised that there is still plenty of room to be filled in terms of seat capacity,’ said Bangkok Airways president Puttipong Prasarttong-Osot. Read […]
BANGKOK, 3 March 2011 (NNT) – Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has assigned security units to closely monitor the mass gathering of the anti-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) on 12 March. Prime Minister Abhisit advised the UDD against surrounding the Parliament building while the no-confidence debate is taking place. He stressed that the […]
Bangkok’s ‘showpiece’ airport is still beset by ongoing problems, from long queues to taxi scams to overpriced food. Will it ever change? It was supposed to be the nation’s pride and joy, a grand first impression for foreign visitors. But ever since Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport came into existence, it has been plagued with problems. […]
Fire Breaks Out at Sala Daeng Intersection, Bangkok A fire has broken out at a building located at the Sala Daeng Intersection. So far, 10 shop houses have been ingulfed in flames. Fire fighters on are the scene and are trying to control the fire. No injuries have been reported so far. TAN Network
BANGKOK, 1 March 2011 (NNT) – Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Security Affairs Suthep Thaugsuban has pledged that the government will not use violence to disperse People’s Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators near Government House. Mr Suthep confirmed that the government will not resort to violent crackdowns as speculated by the PAD. He insisted […]
The case of the 17-year-old girl, who involed in a fatal accident on December 28 which killed nine people and injuring several others, was handed over to the Central Children’s and Juvenile Court prosecutor on Monday. Metropolitan Police Bureau deputy commissioner Amnuay Nimmano said police investigators believe the suspect should be charged with reckless driving, […]
Although the government is confident that its move to grant bail to seven red-shirt leaders will alleviate the political tension, merchants fear that it will bring about additional unrest. Merchants around the Ratchaprasong and the Victory Monument areas in Bangkok expressed their opposition to the court’s decision to grant bail to the seven leaders of […]
