A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Local Government Authority (LGA) has issued an exception that allows local councillors to meet foreign organisations involved in government partnerships, after initially banning all contact between foreign diplomats and councils. The LGA explained the exception in a letter sent to city, atoll and island councils on Wednesday. Citing the home ministry, the LGA said […]
A leading human rights defender has blasted a pro-government website for inciting hatred and trying to get her murdered, as police confirmed Thursday they were investigating one of her tweets about religion in the Maldives. Shahindha Ismail, from the Maldives Democracy Network, tweeted that Allah allowed for other religions after President Abdulla Yameen said the […]
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Laniakea Tech has partnered with Axisrooms to provide Channel Manager software free of charge to all tourism service providers in the Maldives. Resorts, guesthouses and other similar service providers can enjoy benefits of the software until the end of 2018. Channel Manager provides users with one Platform to manage inventory and pricing of online travel agents […]
She became a bona fide Hollywood superstar when she scooped the role of Miss Moneypenny in 2012 James Bond hit Skyfall. And Naomie Harris proved she has all the credentials of a superstar over the Christmas week when she showed off her phenomenal physique in scanty swimwear while living it up at the plush LUX* South […]
The Maldives has won a host of travel industry awards, confirming it as one of the most desirable tourist destinations in the world amid ambitious plans to increase its offering in 2018. Recent awards include the coveted Condé Nast Traveller ‘Best Islands for places to stay award’ as well as Best in Travel’s ‘Best Holiday […]
Negombo City Coroner Dr Siri Jayantha Wickremaratne who held the preliminary inquiry into the death of a young man who died during a trip to the Maldives ordered police to produce before him the woman who had accompanied him on the journey. He decided that the circumstance that led to the death had not been […]
Is Maldives employing a typical Chinese tactic of using its state-controlled media to throw barbs at India and conveying its points of differences while the government sings a different tune of being friendly to New Delhi? This appears to be so. It’s also an eye-opener for the way Maldives under President Yameen has been tilting […]
A group of NCC students and an army officer from the Maldives reached Thiruvananthapuram on a 7-day visit to Kerala. The Kerala tourism minister K Surendran welcomed the group on behalf of the state. The students along with the army officer are on a seven-day visit to the state as part of the student exchange […]