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Majority agree with designation of Bangkok protest sites: poll
Online Reporters, Published on 03/07/2022
» A large majority of people agree with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)'s designation of seven protest sites - some with confidence that the city administration would be able to effectively keep protesters in designated areas, according to the result of an opinion survey by the National Institute of Development Administration, or Nida Poll.
ITD coughs up B200k over tree carnage
News, Published on 06/03/2018
» Construction titan Italian-Thai Development Plc (ITD) has agreed to pay a fine of nearly 200,000 baht to Chatuchak district office after chopping the tops off 14 large trees without a permit.
Court upholds acquittals in missing lawyer Somchai case
Published on 29/12/2015
» The Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the appellate court's acquittal of all five police officers charged with the robbery and coercion of "disappeared" human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit 11 years ago.
Fire-hit SCB building sealed off
Online Reporters, Published on 08/02/2015
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has declared a building in the Siam Commercial Bank complex in Ratchadaphisek Road off limits after a fatal blaze overnight which remains a mystery.
Baraku operators complain their livelihoods are up in smoke
News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 08/09/2014
» Baraku or shisha service operators at pubs and restaurants along Bangkok's busy tourist streets are outraged over the National Council for Peace and Order order to ban the import of the Middle-Eastern style hookah pipe, a device used to smoke baraku, a tobacco-type product.