A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Tourism Minister Ali Waheed has revealed that the government has been incurring the expenses of the stranded tourists in the Maldives due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Speaking at the interview to CNN’s Quest Meets Business show, the Minister talked about how the government takes importance in taking care of those travellers. He said there are […]
The challenges posed by COVID-19 for accountants, auditors, the business community, individuals and families call for increased collaboration, knowledge-sharing and constant discussion among stakeholders. With this regard, the Institute of Audit and Assurance (IAA) of the Auditor General’s Office is hosting a series of interactive webinars on issues of mutual concerns, with the business community […]
Ministry of Finance has instructed the state-owned companies to submit restructured salary policies with pay cuts. In a circular by the Ministry, the companies are advised to focus on 3 factors while developing new policies. Salary cuts are only applicable for monthly salaries above MVR 15,000, while employees earning less than the amount will not […]
Health Protection Agency (HPA) has launched a digital application ‘TraceEkee’ to help in tracing contacts of potential positive cases of COVID-19. The voluntary TraceEkee app, now available on Android and pending approval on Apple App Store, has been jointly built by the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and a group of local developers using code from Singapore’s TraceTogether app. “TraceEkee […]
Agro National Corporation has opened the registration to farmers who are interested in selling products to them. Agro National Corporation Ltd is a state-owned company established to help farmers to sell their products at a good price to the government. Also, to ensure a certain income to the farmers and to encourage more people to […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global depression which is expected to be the worst depression to hit the economy after World War II. Several countries are planning their exit strategy from the virus to make their economy stand on its own feet again. The Maldives need to plan an exit strategy for the sustainability […]
Sri Lankan Airlines has airlifted cargo from and to the Maldives amid the air travel restrictions due to COVID-19. Sri Lankan Airlines have airlifted 254 tons of cargo to the Maldives. Sri Lankan Airlines have also exported fish from the country to several other countries. They have noted that they faced several administrative difficulties from […]
As schools and institutes are closed amid COVID-19 outbreak, teachers and students are navigating to the new reality of remote education. To facilitate this, Dhiraagu has launched an Education Zone (EDU ZONE) on DhiraaguTV. Dhiraagu has collaborated with Hologo, a leading local education content developer that was listed among the top-recommended applications by Apple Inc, to […]
For the first time in the Maldives, Islanders Education is holding a series of webinars for the school communities, in the name of Enovate Online. They have started the webinars as with the current COVID-19 pandemic, the economy is adopting remote teaching and learning. Hence, Islanders Education will be holding their annually held symposium online […]