A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Eyecare Opticals has announced its exciting Year End Promotion, which is currently ongoing from 21st November 2020 to 21st January 2021. With this promotion, customers are eligible to get a free wristwatch for purchases above a certain amount. If you spend over MVR 5000, you will be able to get a free Q-era Exclusive wristwatch. […]
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $107.4 million project to help the Maldives accelerate its transition to renewable energy and support sustainable recovery. The Accelerating Renewable Energy Integration and Sustainable Energy (ARISE) project build on the efforts of the existing World Bank-funded Accelerating Sustainable Private Investments in Renewable Energy (ASPIRE) initiative […]
Colorland is a company founded and owned by Mr Nasrullah Abdul Wahid, with a focus on paint-related products and services. Our team sat down to have a chat with Mr Nasrullah to dive deeper into his humble beginnings, and to find out the story of how Colourland was established. Could you tell us a bit […]
Speaker of Majilis and the former President of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has said that the Maldives requires a further 2 year grace period in order to repay the country’s debt to China. Nasheed said this in a tweet replying to the Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives, Zhang Lizhong’s refute against Nasheed’s claim on that Maldives […]
Bank of Maldives yesterday has announced the opening of a picnic area at Th. Kandoodhoo beach with the support of ‘Aharenge Bank’ Community Fund. The developed community picnic area is now open for the public, with huts, beach umbrellas, sitting areas, a traditional ‘undhoalige’ and spaces designed for cooking and barbecue activities. The picnic area […]
State Trading Organization of Maldives (STO) plans to expand its operation into the digital banking industry. An announcement on Twitter, STO states that the organization will be conducting a market survey from 10th December till the end of this month targeted to people between 20 to 39 years old. The survey is being conducted in […]
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has signed an MoU with Children of Maldives, with the aim to instil reading habits in the community through improved access to a variety of books. The MOU signing took place during a special function held at HDC, last Thursday. Under this partnership, the Foiy Gaadiyaa in Hulhumale’ will be expanded […]
Local game-changing airline Manta Air and local sky diving champions Skydive Maldives Islands along with Skydive Qatar and Reollo travel has joined together to embark on a journey to establish sky diving operations in the Maldives. With the arrival of the specially modified Cessna 208, customized especially for sky diving, today at Dhaalu Airport, it […]
The Maldives has welcomed the 100,000th visitor to the sunny side of life since the border reopened from 15th July. Ms Jasmin Burki from Switzerland was welcomed as the 100,000th visitor to the Maldives earlier today. Since Maldives reopened borders from 15th July 2020, the destination has continued to witness a steady improvement in its […]