A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
State Trading Organisation (STO) has announced a profit after tax of MVR 100 million for the year’s third quarter. The Q3 financial report released by the company shows that an income of MVR 1.5 billion was generated. However, when comparing against last year’s Q3 income of MVR 2.2 billion, the income is MVR 700 lower. […]
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Imagine not being able to tell the difference between a real-life image and an artwork. Ihsan is a self-taught 3D artist who started when he was just 12 years old and has been making 3D artworks since then. Ihsan started 3D as a career after high school and it has been more than 4 years […]
TrustEng Maldives has signed the 2nd largest prefabricated 10 storeys commercial building construction agreement with Blue Ocean Ventures Pvt Ltd in the commercial hub of Male’, at M. Jaliyaa in front of MPL main Harbor. Once completed the building will be the second tallest prefab building in the Maldives! TrustEng Maldives Group is a group […]
It has been decided that architecture plans and drawings for the buildings being built in Thilafushi and Gulhifalhu will now be overseen and approved by the Housing Development Corporation (HDC). In a statement by HDC yesterday, it was said that in relation to all the projects acquired from its merger with Greater Male Industrial Zone […]
The hashtag has been trending on Twitter for days. These are definitely some bad days for France, with Muslims boycotting French products and a second national lockdown announced in France. Tensions between France and Muslim-majority nations were ignited after a French teacher who had shown caricatures of the prophet in class was beheaded. There have […]
The Maldives has been marked safe by Switzerland, enabling travellers to return to Switzerland without the need for mandatory self-isolation from 29th October 2020. The new version of the “risk countries list” of the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) Switzerland has removed the Maldives and have been given the green light for Swiss nationalities […]
The beauty of Maldives stands out like a pearl in the ocean. It’s stunning but wouldn’t remain so unless these areas are protected. With Addu City and Fuvahmulah declared as UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, it is hoped the Maldives find better ways to manage sustainable development and protect biodiversity Biosphere reserves are ‘learning places for sustainable development’. […]
A report was passed in the Parliament yesterday, suggesting that the government restructures all debt except for those payable to foreign parties or international organisations. The report addressed a number of major points in relation to the government’s debt issue. The first point was loan restructuring or reprofiling, for which a special committee would need […]