A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The original Dhivehi article was published on Vaguthu.mv website on 4th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: Deputy Speaker of Parliament and Hulhu-Henveiru district member Reeko Moosa Maniku is one of the most experienced Maldivian politicians. He spent his youth also in the politics. He then invested most of his time to form […]
A US Army officer trains MNDF official at a previous training camp. Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) has denied recent rumors about a co-op training camp with Myanmar. The local army camp released a statement affirming that MNDF does not have any schedules to pool military resources for a co-op training camp between Maldives and […]
Muscat: Despite missing the services of key players, Oman are confident of returning to winning ways in the third and final qualifying round of the 2019 Asian Cup when they tackle Maldives in a crucial Group D match on Tuesday evening. The match, scheduled to be played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, will kick […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 31st August 2017. The following is a loose translation: It failed 17 years ago. However, undeterred the 3 siblings of a Maldivian family continued their efforts to harvest honey. After attempting 4 times, finally, they were fruitfully rewarded. Maldives’ freshest honey are packed in their […]
The Assistant Governor of Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), Idham Hussain has been appointed as a board member to the seven-member board of the authority by the President of Maldives, Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayyoom on Thursday. Idham has been serving as the Assistant Governor of Monetary Policy, Research and Statistics from June 2016 onwards. She was […]
Following the government’s decision to cut all economic ties with Myanmar, the country’s Health Minister Myint Htwe has cancelled a scheduled visit to the Maldives. A credible source informed RaajjeMV that while the Minister was to arrive in the Maldives on Tuesday, that he has since cancelled the trip. Minister Htwe was to arrive in […]
Winners of flats under the previous government’s Veshi Fahi Malé social housing programme have been told by the state-owned Housing Development Corporation to secure loans before a deadline of October 15. The HDC’s announcement last Tuesday came after complaints about delays in introducing a new affordable housing loan scheme devised by the central bank to help make […]
Sept 04, Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health, Nutrition and Indigenous Medicine Dr. Rajitha Senaratne will leave for the Maldives tomorrow (September 5) to attend the World Health Organization South-East Asia Region meeting. Health Ministers of the 11 Member countries of World Health Organization South-East Asia Region (WHO-SEARO) will be taking part in its 70th […]
The Maldives has condemned the plight of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar and ceased all trade ties with the country. Citing “systematic repression” of the minority group as documented in the past by the UN, the Maldives expressed concern with “the recent cycle of violence that resulted in the death of dozens of Rohingya Muslims and displaced […]