A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Miniso Maldives is officially opening today (12th July 2020) at 1400 hrs. Miniso aims to provide high quality and creative products at an affordable price to its customers. The store is located in Ameenee Magu in the opposite corner of Kalaafaanu School. Here are the Main Categories of products available at Miniso Maldives. Bags and […]
The National Awards Committee has opened nominations for the National Award of Honour in an announcement published today on the Government’s gazette. President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih made the decision to open nominations for the awards after consulting with his cabinet last week. These and other special achievement awards are typically presented to recipients at ceremonies […]
The Guesthouse Association of Maldives (GAM) had dismissed Saudulla Ahmed as the Secretary-General of the Association. GAM has released a statement on the 10th of July, stating that the decision was taken with regards to the allegations of sexual assault pinned on Saudulla Ahmed. Saudulla Ahmed has been removed from GAM’s executive committee following his […]
Voice of Children Maldives is excited to announce their collaboration with Zul Arif, for the first Official VOC Soundtrack. The soundtrack is titled “Free”, Songwriting, performance (Instrumentation), Composition, Production has been done by Zulf Arif. Backing vocals by Nic Rippon. Upon the release of the song, Zul said that “This song was written 5 years ago […]
HDC stated that 42 tonnes of litter were collected the past week. This was revealed in a post by My Hulhumale’ on social media on the 11th of July, 2020. My Hulhumale’ states 42 tonnes of litter were collected from different areas of Hulhumale’ and from the highway which is connected to the bridge. This […]
The Maldives Business Center Corporation (BCC) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Maldives is partnering to conduct a series of dialogues to directly support Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Maldives to respond to and recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis. The BCC MSME Crisis Response and Recovery series […]
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih dismissed Ali Waheed from his post as Minister of Tourism. He was serving the nation as a Minister for over 19 months and terminated due allegations of sexual assault to a Tourism Ministry staff, which were reported directly to the President and the Ministry of Gender, Family and Social Services. Currently, […]
Maldives had signed a Contract worth MVR 28.3 Million with the United Nations at a ceremony held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Foreign Ministry stated that on behalf of the government of Maldives, the projects were signed by the Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid, and on behalf of the UN in the Maldives, the […]
Ministry of Economic Development has dismissed nearly 4,924 companies which have not paid annual fees for several years. The Economic Ministry had announced 4,924 companies that have been dismissed under the order of the Registrar of Companies Mariyam Visam, in accordance with Clause 75 of the Companies Act. The ministry revealed the companies were dismissed […]