9am: Trucks carrying pieces of steel structure arrive at Rajprasong intersection on Rajdamri Road next to the Brahma Shrine of Hyatt Erawan Hotel. Then, workers set up a giant stage facing the Pratunam area.
10.14am: A bomb inside a phone booth near a public library in Din Daeng is defused.
10.45am: Motorcycles lead tens of thousands of protesters to Rajprasong.
11.30am: A bomb explodes near the Pathumwan intersection as protesters march by; no injuries are reported.
11.40am: Another group of protesters, led by Kwanchai Paipana, arrive at Din Daeng intersection on their way to parade on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road.
By this time, there is a traffic snarl-up on Bangkok's inner-city streets.
CentralWorld shopping complex and Gaysorn Plaza next to Rajprasong intersection decide to shut down for one day. Siam Paragon closes at 1pm.
A large number of tutorial schools in Siam Square also close for the day.
Bangkok's public bus services on 17 routes are suspended due to the closure of Rajprasong intersection and the protesters' parade on Vibhavadi-Rangsit.
Noon - weng Tojirakarn, a red-shirt leader, tells protesters at the Rajdamri stage that the ultimatum is still for the government to disband the House within 15 days.
3pm: Protest leader Veera Musigapong announces the red shirts will camp out on Rajprasong intersection and march to Silom Road the following day.
Police, meanwhile, issue an order for all petrol stations in Bangkok not to sell petrol in bottles or other kinds of containers, as the fuel could be used to make Molotov cocktails.
3.30pm: PM's Office Minister Satit Wongnongtaey says the government will take legal action against the protesters if they do not keep Rajprasong intersection open to traffic.
3.50pm: Premier Abhisit Vejjajiva says siege of Rajprasong intersection violates the law on peaceful demonstration.
5pm: Protesters leave state-owned NBT TV station on Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road to join those at Rajprasong intersection.
6.15pm: Government says senior police officers will hold talks with protest leaders, urging them to open Rajprasong intersection to traffic.
Government says it will resort to harsh legal action if protesters fail to act.
8pm: Jatuporn Promphan announces that upcountry red shirts will seize provincial halls if government tries to disperse protesters at Rajprasong intersection.
