A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Dhiraagu has launched its high-speed Fibre Broadband and DhiraaguTV service in L.Maavah. In today’s digital age, secure and reliable internet connectivity is essential to stay connected, access quality educational content, stay up to date with the current affairs and accelerate every aspect of our everyday lives. With Dhiraagu Fibre Broadband, residents of L.Maavah can now […]
Economic Minister, Fayyaz Ismail has revealed the Maldives government has plans to consider second home residency visa project for foreigner in the Maldives, during the parliament committee Meeting. He had also said that the Ministry is was working on formulating a bill regarding corporate residency, which would assure investor rights in the Maldives. During the […]
Bank of Maldives has expanded its cash deposit and payment services in the atolls with 40 Cash Agents. Through these agents, customers can make cash deposits of up to MVR 10,000 per day as well as make payments for loans and credit cards. As part of its efforts to bring banking services to islands, the […]
Lotus Fihaara has announced that they will be introducing a wide range of disinfectants to the Maldives. This was revealed in a tweet by Ahmed Arif, Chairman of Senior International, on July 20th July 2020. According to Arif, disinfectants will be made available at Lotus Fihaara at an affordable price for all its interested buyers. […]
Finance Ministry has disbursed a total of MVR 18.1 million has been disbursed as income support allowances so far. The Ministry of Finance had revealed that income support allowance has been disbursed to a total of 4,525 individuals since it was commenced. The ministry has also issued more than MVR 350 million under the government’s […]
The government has expressed its opposition towards the amendment to Immigration bills which stands for granting residence visas for foreigners making an investment above MVR 100,000, renting or leasing a residence for more than 10 years, or marrying a Maldivian, in the parliament. According to the Committee Chair, the amendments have been proposed by the […]
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has arranged flights for 26 Maldivians studying in Belarus, who struggled with departure after arriving at the airport on the 18th of July. The students were reportedly struggling to arrange departure after arriving in Minsk Airport. According to the Foreign Ministry dialogue with the Maldivian Embassy in Germany, Qatar Airways, […]
The Maldives government has announced that they had decided to decrease the land rent charged on islands leased for tourism purposes in the Maldives. Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail, who is currently leading and administrating the Tourism Ministry had tweeted revealing the government’s decision to reduce land rent in a bid to progress tourism in the […]
Dhiraagu has launched a special promotion offering FREE Fibre Broadband connection and a FREE router. Customers residing at premises where there is an existing fibre cable in the building will be able to get a complete free connection and a free route. Those customers who may be residing in a building where there is no […]