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Ooredoo Maldives has announced a special offer exclusively on Magey Plan. Customers can now activate 3GB data valid for 3 days for only MVR 75 available under Recommended Packs of Magey Plan on Ooredoo App. To activate the data pack: Log in to Ooredoo App: http://ore.do/app Scroll to Recommended Packages on Selfcare To activate for […]
National Planning and Infrastructure Minister Mohamed Aslam recently suggested selling citizenship to foreigners, as there are many wealthy foreigners interested in becoming permanent residents of Maldives. He elaborated, saying that his idea of selling citizenship was aimed towards bringing in wealthy foreign investors to the country, prompting several other political figures to weigh in with […]
Here are the daily news updates for 23rd May Maldives Declares Tomorrow (24th May) as Eid al-Fitr The Maldives will observe 23rd May as the last day of Ramadan month as Ministry of Islamic Affairs declared 24th May as Eid al-Fitr. In a statement released by the Ministry, states that no reliable moon sighting was […]
An investigation into government procedures and work in procurement of ventilators has not revealed any misconduct so far, Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said. The investigation was launched after some government figures were accused of corruption in the process to procure ventilators from private companies. President of ACC Mariyam Shiuna stated in a Parliamentary committee that […]
98 containers (136 TEU) of cargo at ports of Male’ and Hulhumale’ have been cleared, Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) has revealed. MPL completed the clearance of cargo on 20th May. MPL has cleared 10 different varieties of perishable items. These include 20 bags of ash gourd, 1020 bags of potato, 59 bags of watermelon, 24 […]
Maldives has reported 1,274 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 1,161 active cases, 109 recoveries, and 4 fatalities. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 Announcements by HPA Additional 58 cases of COVID-19 have been reported by HPA. A total of 239 frontline workers have tested positive for COVID-19. All samples taken from N.Manadhoo have tested […]
Dhiraagu has launched ‘DhiraaguPlay’, the new dedicated entertainment streaming service available on the go. This platform is specially curated for customers who want a variety of quality content at an affordable price. Dhiraagu is offering customers access to Live TV and Video on Demand (VOD) content on their mobile devices that can be enjoyed anytime, […]
Maldives has reported 1,216 confirmed cases of COVID-19, with 1,108 active case, 104 recoveries, and 4 fatalities. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 Announcements by HPA 80-year-old COVID-19 patient from the island of N. Manadhoo has passed away, a few days after recovering from the virus. Lockdown order imposed on the northern city of […]
Tourism Ministry has decided to amend the draft guidelines for Safe Tourism by waiving off the initially proposed fees. Speaking at the Peoples Majlis Economic Committee tonight, Tourism Minister Ali Waheed said that the draft regulation was drawn up on a bid to revive the hard-hit tourism industry. The first draft by the Ministry included a […]