A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, walks with Maldives President Yaamin Abdul Gayoom upon his arrival at the airport in Hulhule’ Island, Maldives (Sept. 14, 2014). Image Credit: AP Photo/ Fayaz Moosa Maldives is the smallest nation in South Asia in terms of population, area and GDP. Yet in August 2017, it defied India, the regional […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 22nd November 2017. The following is a loose translation: In Malé, Hulhumalé and other parts of the Maldives nice huge skyrise buildings are being erected and increasing. The result is an unbelievable growth of the construction industry. In the past 4 years this industry has […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 6th November 2017. The following is a loose translation: Even though, Maldives is small, there are important reasons why foreign big nations are interested in the Maldives. The biggest reason is that of the geographical location of the Maldives. It is in an important shipping […]
The vision of the Maldives Stock Exchange (MSE) and the Maldives Securities Depository (MSD) is to enable all Maldivians to participate in the buying and selling of shares and other financial securities, and so participate in the development of our country. I was recently appointed MSE and MSD’s CEO. I want to innovate and embrace […]
Days after senior Indian and US diplomats met in New Delhi to discuss the Maldives situation, President Abdulla Yameen warned of ‘ideological warfare and malicious economic schemes’ against his country. Between the India-US consultations and Yameen’s Republic Day speech on 11 November, aides openly named Sri Lanka for allegedly assisting the Maldivian Opposition’s coup bid […]
In this new edge global scenario, we are transmuting and dealing with technology and the disruption. While the technology is the easy part, the challenging part is, how we get all of the “people” in the workplace to embrace the change and drive the new business models. Vaibhav Garg – Executive Assistant Manager and Cluster […]
On a Thursday evening, fishermen from the local market push buckets of fish guts to the low-lying seawall north-west of the capital, tipping the remains into the sea. Around a dozen whiptail stingrays, lured by the easy meal, scamper to the surface of the ocean for the feast. Ming Yang Hi and his wife follow […]
Maldives is a land with, virtually no land. The land to water ratio here is just 1:99, making Maldives the ‘go to place’ to experience island life at its best. Maldives, a popular Honeymoon destination, is now open for all: Families, couples and even backpackers. First timers fall in love with this tropical holiday destination. […]
Male’ skyline; photograph by author October 13 marks the one-year anniversary of Maldives’ quitting the Commonwealth. Since Abdulla Yameen assuming the presidency in November 2013, Maldives has exhibited blatant disregard and grave violations of human rights and democratic standards. As international pressure began to mount, the government decided to pull out of the Commonwealth before it […]