A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Housing Development Corporation Ltd. (HDC) has announced that the Corporation is seeking parties for the “Development and Sale of Mixed Residential Buildings in Hulhumalé” Development S1-1 consists of a plot area of 24,098.22 square feet with 14 floors (47 meters). S1-1 is of 142,179.49 square feet Gross Floor Area (GFA). Development S1-3 consists of a […]
The rapidly growing E-commerce platform Moolee announced a special digital carnival for the Independence Day & Eid al Adha holidays from today, 24th July 2020 till 3rd August 2020. The carnival includes Eid gifts, special offers, and a large number of exciting giveaways for customers! Moolee Carnival will feature a special section on the platform […]
Advocating the Rights of Children (ARC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Raajje TV today, to work collaboratively in promoting and protecting the rights of children. The agreement was signed by ARC’s Executive Committee Member Muruthala Moosa and Raajje TV ‘s Deputy CEO Naazmee Saeed. Speaking at the special event held at Raajje TV […]
The Maldives government has recently announced, they had decided to decrease the land rent charged on islands leased for tourism purposes in the Maldives. Economic Minister Fayyaz Ismail, who is currently leading and administrating the Tourism Ministry, had tweeted revealing the government’s decision to reduce land rent in a bid to progress tourism in the […]
Many a developer involved in the construction of Maldives resort properties recently suffered project delays due to COVID-related lockdowns, shutdowns, and interruptions. More often than not, the construction and development of a tourist resort happen with a combination of certain key factors: money, resources, and time. Any unwelcome time lags in a construction project of […]
The deputy Governor of Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), Aishath Zahira, has retired on Wednesday after serving the authority for 31 years. Zahira tendered her retirement after completing two six-year terms as the deputy governor. The position of Deputy Governor was approved by the People’s Majlis after it was proposed by the president at the time. […]
A country gains its ability to protect, progress, and harmonize its actions in compliance with the sector-specialized people in its society. In this era of global competition, every country is in the fight for progress. This advancement is namely achieved by the level of educational attainment of a country, which can further be simplified to […]
Statistics shared by Maldives Immigration has shown that nearly 560 tourists have arrived in the Maldives since the country reopened its borders on Wednesday. According to Immigration’s data, 443 tourists arrived in the Maldives in the first 3 days and this was a good rise on average until the statistics revealed a decline with the […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has met with the National Taskforce on Resilience Building and Economic Recovery to discuss the path forward towards recovering and reinvigorating the economy from the effects of COVID-19. The discussions were held this afternoon at the President’s Office. During the meeting, the ‘Working Group on Economic Recovery,’ a subgroup of the […]