The only fully-fledged Shari’ah compliant insurance service provider, Amãna Takaful Maldives has conducted the ninth AGM on a virtual platform for the first time. Given the trying conditions arising from the global pandemic, Amãna Takaful decided to host this historical AGM virtually adhering to social distancing guidelines set out by the health authorities. At the […]
Today, the global pandemic, COVID-19, has affected several industries around the world. It has swiftly spread from nation to nation and has transgressed the epidemics in the past both in the rate of infection as well as economic damage. Amid the on-going health crisis, business leaders are facing a new reality while preparing for an […]
Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail has said that the government has decided to pay MVR 5,000 per month as unemployment benefits to those who lost their jobs due to COVID-19. The spread of COVID-19 has caused has a toll on the global and the Maldivian economy. To reduce costs during this time, companies have started to […]
Maldives follows the WHO guidelines in crisis management by facilitating the medical facilities and manpower in the country to the COVID-19 task force. These include doctors, nurses, technicians, radiologists, and even administrators. What about the patients that require ordinally urgent care? Even in the midst of a pandemic, people will still have heart attacks and […]
There have been a total of 95 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with no fatalities in the Maldives, at the time of writing. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19 as of 23rd April. Virus Timeline in the Capital City Male’ The number of positive cases from Male’ city is at 75 with 9 new cases […]
Finance Ministry has requested withdraw MVR 4.4 billion to ensure uninterrupted services of state institutions amid the economic downfall caused by COVID-19. Finance Ministry has highlighted the expenses needed to cover for the functioning of the services for overcoming the current economic and financial constraints. The ministry has presented a document noting necessary measures that […]
Dhiraagu has announced that they have decided to postpone the 14th edition of the Dhiraagu Maldives Road Race (DMRR), the largest annual run held in the Maldives. Dhiraagu has stated that as social distancing being the key to contain the spread of COVID-19 they have decided not to host any major events during this year. […]
Ong Ben Seng, Singaporean billionaire and owner of hotel and resort chain Hotel Properties Limited (HPL) has donated 15 ventilators to the Maldives. According to the Foreign Ministry, Ong has also donated 100،000 face masks along with the ventilators. The donation is currently in Maldives High Commission in Singapore. In light of the outbreak, the […]
Bangladesh’s government has aided 100 metric tons of food items, medical equipment, and medicine towards the COVID-19 relief effort. Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, Minister of Defence, H.E Mariya Ahmed Didi, and Cheif of Defense force MG. Abdul Shamaal received aid from the Navy Ship of Bangladesh. Foreign Minister has expressed his appreciation and thanked Prime […]