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Ooredoo Maldives & 11 Other Mobile Operators Extend Commitment to Improve Women Inclusiveness

Ooredoo Maldives & 11 Other Mobile Operators Extend Commitment to Improve Women Inclusiveness

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Ooredoo Maldives & 11 other mobile operators have extended its commitment to improving digital/ financial inclusiveness for women. Here is a list of the 12 mobile operators: Grameenphone Ltd Mobitel (Pvt) Ltd MobileMoney Limited (a subsidiary of MTN Ghana) Ooredoo Maldives Orange Finances Mobiles Sénégal (OFMS) Reliance Jio Robi Axiata Ltd Safaricom PLC Telenor Pakistan […]

Dhiraagu Introduces Star Channels On Dhiraagu TV

Dhiraagu Introduces Star Channels On Dhiraagu TV

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Dhiraagu has introduced star channels on Dhiraagu TV. DhiraaguTV, the pioneering IPTV service provider in the Maldives rewards its loyal customers with its latest association with the Star India network. Effective 10 July 2020, DhiraaguTV customers can start enjoying a wide variety of originals, blockbuster movies, premiers, and exclusive content via the Star India network’s […]

Ooredoo Launches SuperNet Fixed Broadband Services to L. Maamendhoo

Ooredoo Launches SuperNet Fixed Broadband Services to L. Maamendhoo

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Ooredoo Maldives expands Ooredoo SuperNet, its Fixed Broadband services to L. Maamendhoo with a wide range of packages and exciting speeds up to 100 Mbps. Today, Ooredoo has expanded our SuperNet Fixed Broadband services to L. Maamendhoo with high speeds up to 100mbps. It has always been Ooredoo’s mission to enrich the lives of our […]

Goods Imported to Maldives Drops by 50% – MPL

Goods Imported to Maldives Drops by 50% – MPL

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Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) revealed that the number of goods imported to the Maldives has decreased by 50%. In a webinar organized by the National Federation of Maldivian Employers under the topic “Tackling new challenges in shipping and Logistics”, Chief Executive Officer of MPL Shahid Ali stated that the number of goods being imported to […]

Companies Require Adequate Time Before Implementing Minimum Wage Policy – MATI & MACI

Companies Require Adequate Time Before Implementing Minimum Wage Policy – MATI & MACI

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Maldives Association of Tourism Industry (MATI) and Maldives National Association of Construction Industry (MACI) stated that the companies require an adequate amount of time before implementing minimum wage policy. This was stated by MATI and MACI in a panel discussion of the People’s Majlis Committee. Board Member of MATI, Iyaz Waheed stated that new research […]

Maldivian National Shipping Line Continues to Generate Profit – MSS

Maldivian National Shipping Line Continues to Generate Profit – MSS

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Managing Director of Maldives State Shipping, Abdulla Saeed states that the Maldivian National Shipping Line continues to generate profits even at the time of the pandemic. Speaking at a webinar organized by the National Federation of Maldivian Employers on “Tackling New Challenges in Shipping and Logistics”, Abdulla Saeed stated that the time chosen to start […]

Moosa Nasih, President of Guesthouse Association of Maldives Resigns

Moosa Nasih, President of Guesthouse Association of Maldives Resigns

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Moosa Nasih, President of the Guesthouse Association of Maldives (GAM) had resigned. Nasih had revealed that a complaint was previously lodged concerning allegations of sexual assault from a senior official at the association, on June 23. The Internal Affairs Committee of the association had initially passed to probe the case, lodged by a female employee […]

MTCC shares a Report on Steps to Mitigate Covid-19 Spread in Public Transport

MTCC shares a Report on Steps to Mitigate Covid-19 Spread in Public Transport

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Steps to Mitigate Covid-19 Spread in Public Transport’ is an operational report produced to share good practices by MTCC with UITP Europe on the role of our Transport Services to adapt to changing circumstances caused by the pandemic. As one of the earliest transport network providers in the country, Maldives Transport and Contracting Company has […]

Dhivehi Insurance Offers 4 Plans of Escalating Benefit Coverage

Dhivehi Insurance Offers 4 Plans of Escalating Benefit Coverage

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Safe Meridian has partnered with Dhivehi Insurance Company Pvt. Ltd. To introduce the Globalis international health insurance plans. Safe Meridian is an innovator in international health insurance, committed to offering comprehensive, sustainable medical protection solutions. Globalis international health plans ensure you and your family have access to the highest levels of healthcare available. Your plan […]