A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Vice President Faisal Naseem has held discussions with stakeholder institutions on the efforts undertaken to advance the government’s key Strategic Action Plan (SAP) sector ‘Dignified Families’, on 16th July 2020. During the meeting held at the President’s Office, Vice President Faisal Naseem emphasized on the importance of aligning the work of stakeholder institutions towards the […]
While borders are reopened without any restriction, travellers are required to submit an online health declaration form 24-hours before travelling to the Maldives. This ‘Traveler Health Declaration’ is introduced to mitigate health risks and ease procedures, Maldives Immigration reported. The declaration will speed up the process of pre-arrival and pre-departure health information of travellers, as […]
Ukulhas is among one of the many islands in North Ari Atoll. This atoll is well known for its abundance in natural beauties such as the reefs, sand banks, uninhabited islands and dive points famous globally, resulting in numerous resorts throughout the atoll. Ukulhas is about an hour away by speedboat from the country’s main […]
The Maldives is an island nation of approximately 500,000 people. The latest statistics of census reveal that the Maldives consists as many as 144,000 Bangladeshis working in the country, with one-third of them amounting up to 63,000 having no valid documents or registration. This is a major amount among all the expatriate workers in the […]
Maldivian dhoni in front of the turquoise bay and island India considers introducing an air bubble or in other words an air travel bridge to the Maldives, which will be of use for the tourists traveling between Maldives and India on July 15 after a four-month shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Regarding this, […]
To commence the reopening of borders for all nationalities in the Maldives, and to launch the “Rediscover Maldives…the sunny side of life” campaign, Maldives Marketing & Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC) has hosted a virtual press conference on 15th July. Top international media from 21 countries including the main source markets, China, Italy, India, Germany, Russia, […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih condemned domestic violence and abuse as contributing factors to many of society’s ills. He also stated that society has a collective obligation to reduce abuse and exploitation and to do more to protect women and children. The President expressed these sentiments whilst inaugurating the Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services’ […]
A webinar on Financial Education is being organized by the Bank of Maldives (BML). The webinar discusses how to manage money and how banks help in the field of finance. This discussion will be moderated by CSR Manager, Ibrahim Nawaf. The expert Panelists for this webinar includes: Ahmed Riza ( Manager of Business – BML […]
A group of expatriate workers confronted police officers with violence and damaged police property when the police attended to a protest in Hulhumale’ on 13th July 2020. The protesters threw bricks towards the police officers who attended the scene and injured several police officers. When the Maldives Police Service received information of this, a team […]