A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
In an award ceremony held in London at the Merchant Taylors’ Hall, Coco Privé Private Island was awarded World’s Best Private Villa and Asia’s Best Private Villa in 2017 Boutique Hotel Awards. The Boutique Hotel Awards is the first and only international awards organization exclusively dedicated to recognising unique excellence among boutique hotels. Now in […]
The World Bank has apologised for Maldivians being asked “unintended” political questions in a financial survey about how good their president is. In a statement issued Tuesday the global institution said survey staff had been posing questions “beyond the scope” of a data gathering exercise about how people save, borrow, make payments and manage risks […]
A landmark free trade deal between the Maldives and China was rushed through parliament Wednesday, hours after President Abdulla Yameen sought approval for ratification. The free trade agreement – which commits both nations to reduce tariffs on most imported goods to zero – was passed with 30 votes from ruling party lawmakers in the 85-member […]
Gulhi Falhu where a mega project was started previously by a foreign investor: Changes to government affects such projects. Now this project is nationalised The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 30th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: Every year the World Bank selects countries which are easy to do […]
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Credit: Reuters New Delhi: The Maldives will soon become the second country in South Asia, after Pakistan, to enter into a free trade agreement (FTA) with China after it was passed on Wednesday evening by parliament in a session boycotted by the opposition. The text of the FTA […]
Economic Minister Mohamed Saeed (C) pictured at a free trade discussion. The Maldives’ government on Wednesday decided to enter the long-discussed free trade pact with China, and submitted the proposal to the parliament for review. The president’s Cabinet ministers made the decision to sign the free trade agreement with China at a meeting held earlier […]
Ooredoo Maldives has launched Ooredoo Game Store, which it calls the first-ever mobile-based gaming store in the nation. Customers can easily download and play ad-free versions of trending games, it said. Subscriptions to the Ooredoo Game Store allow easy downloads of the latest Android & HTML5 games. Ooredoo has revealed three special offers to subscribe […]
Two Sri Lankan fishing boats were seized by the Maldives Coast Guard Tuesday evening as they were patrolling near one of the country’s most lucrative fishing zones. The vessels were spotted near Vaavu Atoll. “The boats are under our control now and we are trying to bring them to Malé. Each boat had five crew […]
The President decided to sign a Free Trade Agreement with China following deliberations at the Cabinet meeting held this morning. In a briefing held at the President’s Office, and led by Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed and Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Asim, Minister Saeed stated that the China-Maldives Free Trade Agreement Negotiation […]