A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
According to UK’s leading celebrity news site Hello Magazine, Maldives is among the 8 travel destinations celebrities will likely to book post lockdown. Hellomagazine.com is the official website of the weekly celebrity news magazine Hello!, and the UK’s leading celebrity news site. Started in 2001 to complement the magazine, the site is updated throughout the day, […]
Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has stated that the ministry is looking into ways to help freelancers during this difficult time, however, the state does not have sufficient funds to provide financial assistance to all freelancers in the country. This comment made by the Minister garnered a lot of attention from freelancers. They have expressed their […]
The government of Maldives has established an Agro National Corporation to promote farming in the country and Haroon Rasheed has been assigned as the managing director of the Agro National Corporation. The Agro National Corporation is operated under Maldives Finance Corporation as a subsidiary with government shares. Haroon Rasheed has stated that the corporation is […]
The government of Maldives has imposed a 14-day lockdown in the Greater Male’ area amid the community spread of COVID-19 in the country. As the virus spread to different islands, the government is declaring immediate lockdowns in those islands. Restaurants, salons, and mosques are closed indefinitely. Here, Corporate Maldives has gathered 6 places that will […]
As Maldives tries to grapple the community spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has managed to shed light into various other challenges that require attention. Human trafficking, worker rights, the housing crisis and food safety are issues speculated from time to time but the ongoing crisis has proved that these issues need to be addressed […]
In the celebration of International Labour Day 2020, National Bureau of Statistics has revealed the statistics of the labour force in the Maldives. The total labour population of Maldives totals up to 151,706 with male employment in the majority with 70.3% male employment to population ratio. While female employment to population ratio is 39.8%. Even […]
Bank of Maldives will be providing the following essential services on 4th and 6th May, from 9.30 am to 12.00 pm: If requests are received after the cut-off times, these will be processed on the next working day. BML informs that cash services will not be available at their branches, and customers (who have permission […]
Economic Minister Ismail Fayyaz has stated that the state does not have sufficient budget to provide financial assistance to all freelancers in the country. Economic Minister has noted that the state budget is limited hence the state is facing difficulties in paying freelancers. He further added that there are problems in categorizing in freelancers and […]
Adam Azim, Managing Director of MTCC, discusses how leaders can adapt to managing in light of unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. He suggested John A Quelch’s 7Cs for the pandemic survival if you’re a manager or a leader. 1.Calm. Your folks, your employees, your customers, your suppliers, are going to be looking to you as a leader to […]