A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Construction work on the new Dharuvantha School building has started, SJ Construction company has announced. Education Ministry awarded the MVR 74.9 million project to construct the new building for Dharumavantha School in Male’ to SJ Construction on 4th February 2020. Under the contract, SJ Construction has to complete the project within one year. The new […]
200 coconut soaps made by employees of Majoie Maldives have been donated to people in S. Meedhoo and S. Hulhudhoo. Majoie Maldives stated that their donation also included Bangladeshi workers residing the S. Meedhoo and S. Hulhudhoo as well. Managing Director of Majoie Maldives Nadia Laouina noted that Bangladeshi workers are really struggling during the […]
Police Spokesperson Izmia Zahir has been dismissed from her post effective from 1st June 2020, announced Maldives Police Service. Police Media Centre will be temporarily led by Superintended of Police Yoonus Sobah, and daily information operations will be conducted by Chief Station inspector Athifa Hassan. Maldives Police Service expressed their gratitude for the valuable work […]
The Maldives will be opening its shores to the world from July, after 3 months of restrictions. The pandemic has changed the status quo indefinitely. Let’s look into what it will look like in Maldives post-pandemic. 1. VIA to be key for inbound tourism success Velana International Airport will be the first point of contact […]
Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), together with partners from the tourism industry becomes a part of an exciting solution to adapt to the “new world” by participating in the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Virtual Event from 1st June to 3rd June 2020. ATM Virtual is hosted by the organizers of ATM 2020 which […]
Government of the Maldives announced eases in lockdown measures after more than 1 month of strict lockdown. With the easing of measure, offices are preparing to resume working from offices. After a long hiatus from working in an office, some employees might find it difficult to adjust to the office environment, while others may feel […]
Social media bots have become pretty common on the internet and chances are that you’ve interacted with one knowing or unknowingly at one time or another by now. Social bots (also referred to as social bots or socbots) are agents that communicate more or less autonomously on social media, influencing the perception of its readers […]
Here are the latest news updates of 01st June 45 cases have been sent to Criminal Court amid lockdown – PG Office 45 cases have been sent to Criminal Court in the month of May amid the lockdown in the Greater Male’ Region, stated Prosecutor General (PG)’s Office. Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem said that 45 […]
Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) will be conducting a special program to assist local small and medium-sized businesses in preparing Business Profit Tax (BPT) reports. MIRA said that assistance will be provided for preparing BPT reports and financial statements of the previous fiscal year. The authority has opened the special program to SMEs registering revenue […]