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Flood ritual dies hard
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2022
» Fears of flooding have returned again with news the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate run-off from the North.
It's enough to give anyone grey hairs
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/11/2021
» A recent letter to the Bangkok Post from the ever observant Ye Olde Pedant suggested that Bangkok's BTS and MRT executives should display more imagination in the naming of new rail lines and avoid colour coding. He cited the proposed Grey Line which for him immediately conjured up images of passengers with silvery hair, otherwise known as "the elderly".
Forces, cops to flex muscles for King
News, Published on 27/11/2019
» The armed forces and the police are preparing a joint show of strength and security capabilities to mark the King's coronation in Saraburi on Jan 18.
City attempts unique solution to save doomed trees
News, Chinnawat Singha, Published on 24/03/2019
» A municipality in Phitsanulok is trying a novel idea to find a new home for trees which were going to be sacrificed for a road development project.
Locals brace for brutal floods
News, Published on 07/08/2018
» As people in Phetchaburi brace for devastating floods tonight at around 10pm, after a massive volume of water was released from a major dam to the Phetchaburi River, residents were using sandbags and even cement to wall off the front of their homes and businesses Monday so as not to be inundated.
Thais scoop four silvers at Biology Olympiad
News, Published on 23/07/2018
» Education: Thai students won four silver medals at the 29th International Biology Olympiad in the Iranian capital of Tehran, which saw Vietnam secure first place.
SRT set for a 'bright future' after hitting speed
News, Om Jotikasthira, Published on 09/07/2018
» The State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the country's main railway authority, may still be operating half-century-old trains countrywide, but acting governor Voravuth Mala believes the debt-ridden organisation is headed for "a bright future".
Bangkok warned to brace for more heavy rain
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 18/10/2017
» Most areas of Bangkok can expect more heavy rain from this afternoon, city governor Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang warned on Wednesday.
BMA’s flood planning blasted again (updated)
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 25/09/2012
» Democrat Party-led City Hall's flood preparations have received plenty of criticism from the Pheu Thai party, but yesterday's criticism from a prominent academic may have been more damaging and accurate.
Bangkok continues to fall apart
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 04/04/2012
» Bangkok is falling apart – or so it seems. In the latest incident, a big section of a footpath on Rama III Road near Khlong Bang Khlo collapsed on Monday