A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Negombo City Coroner Dr Siri Jayantha Wickremaratne who held the preliminary inquiry into the death of a young man who died during a trip to the Maldives ordered police to produce before him the woman who had accompanied him on the journey. He decided that the circumstance that led to the death had not been […]
The police and an ambulance at the scene of the accident that occurred on Addy City’s link road on December 26, 2017. PHOTO / SOCIAL MEDIA The 13-year-old boy, who was severely injured in an accident that occurred on Addu City’s Link Road on Tuesday, has passed away while being treated at Hithadhoo Regional Hospital. […]
The police and an ambulance at the scene of the accident that occurred on Addy City’s link road on December 26, 2017. PHOTO / SOCIAL MEDIA Two men have been seriously injured in another accident that occurred on southernmost Addu City’s Link Road. A motorbike had collided with a pick-up truck, leaving the two people […]
Six Sri Lankan fishermen whose fishing craft met with an accident in the deep seas of the Maldives are found to be safe. A wife of one of those fishermen told ‘Hiru News’ that the fishermen are now in an island there. The fishing craft ‘Lakpriya 1’ had left the island from Beruwala Fisheries Harbour […]
A multi-day fishing craft that sailed out from Beruwala Fisheries Harbour with 6 local fishermen has met with an accident in the seas off the Maldives. The fishing craft, Lakpriya 01, left the habour on 21st of November. The relatives of the fishermen had been informed of the accident last Friday (16). The owner of […]
A safari yacht in Hulhumale harbour. PHOTO: AHMED ABDULLA SAEED/MIHAARU A Sri Lankan tourist, on a diving excursion from a safari boat off the coast of Kaafu atoll Guraidhoo island, died Wednesday. According to Abdul Majeed, the spokesperson of Guraidhoo Health Centre, the Sri Lankan national was a 33 year old man. He was pronounced […]
The man that was rescued while drifting away near Villimale and Feydhoo Finolhu on December 16, 2017. PHOTO / POLICE An expat who had drifted away while trying to save another expat on a drifting dinghy, was rescued by the police on Saturday. According to the police, the two expats were rescued from the waters […]
A Chinese dive instructor at the Centara Grand Resort who went missing at sea has been found dead. Citing the police, local media reports the 25-year-old man was found in the Maafaru lagoon near the island of Mahibadhoo in Alif Dhaal atoll. The discovery of the body was reported to the police around 10:50 am […]
A diver on an excursion at a dive spot in Alif Alif atoll. Police are searching for a Chinese national employed at Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa, who was reported missing on Tuesday evening after he went diving. Police stated early Wednesday that the 25-year-old is a dive instructor at the resort and is […]