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2025 a 'turning point' for Bangkok
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 01/01/2026
» From a collapsing road to contentious transit debts, tighter pet rules and higher rubbish fees, 2025 marked a turning point in how Bangkok governs itself.
New 'smart pier' opens in Nonthaburi
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 07/04/2025
» The Ministry of Transport has officially opened Rama VII Pier in Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai district.
Chadchart hails road drainage system as BMA readies plans
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 23/05/2024
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the new road drainage system in the Udomsuk area will drain rainwater more effectively and quickly.
WFH urged amid rise in PM2.5
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 15/02/2024
» Levels of fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) soared in most Bangkok districts on Wednesday, prompting the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to call on state agencies and private organisations to allow their staff to work from home Thursday and Friday.
Hotel fined B1.3m for removed gargoyle statue
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 29/12/2023
» The company operating the Bazaar Hotel Bangkok has paid a fine of 1.3 million baht for allowing Khru Kai Kaew, a controversial half-god, half-demon represented by a gargoyle-like sculpture, to be installed on its rented premises.
Bangkok sewers 'ready' for the rain
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 10/07/2023
» City Hall has made repairs in more than 500 of 700 areas at high risk of flooding in Bangkok, with officials stating that most low-lying areas can be drained within an hour.
Millions of sandbags for Bangkok's flood-prone areas
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/09/2022
» A total of 2.5 million sandbags will be distributed to areas in the capital city prone to flooding, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman Ekwaranyu Amarapal said on Wednesday.
Power safety eyed after fire
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 28/06/2022
» Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt will ask the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) to inspect the safety of some 400 power transformers and power lines across Bangkok after a fire in the busy Sampeng market killed two people on Sunday.
Air pollution returns to Bangkok
Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 22/12/2021
» The annual problem of air pollution has returned to Bangkok, with PM2.5 fine particle dust levels measured above the set safe level of 50 microgrammes per cubic metre at 65 spots at 7am on Wednesday.
BMA to expand mass-testing across city
News, Supoj Wancharoen, Published on 08/05/2021
» The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is expanding Covid-19 mass testing across the capital with a plan to test 3,000 people in risk groups each day for the next few days to slow the rate of transmissions.