Red-shirted protesters paraded coffins through Thailand’s capital today in a renewed attempt to pressure the government to step down after street fighting left 21 people dead, pushing the South-east Asian nation closer to political anarchy.

The death toll in the New Year's Eve bombing in the Thai capital Bangkok rose to three today.

Bangkok's Mayor Apirak Kosayothin ordered the cancellation of the two major public New Year's Eve countdown celebrations and other smaller ones following six or more bomb blasts in the city today.

A series of New Year's Eve bomb blasts rocked the Thai capital Bangkok today, killing at least two people and injuring 12, police said today.