A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives have reached 191, with no fatalities reported so far. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19. Virus Timeline in the Country A total of 50 cases has been reported, which includes 41 foreigners and 9 Locals. Health Minister Ameen has hinted that the ongoing lockdown in the Greater […]
The government of Maldives has temporarily closed all educational institutes in its efforts to contain the spread of COVID-19. With the community spread in the capital city Male’, the uncertainty surrounding the resume of educational institutes rise. The government has started Tele-classes to help students cope with the curriculum, especially for grade 10 students. Universities […]
In response to social and economic hardships faced due to the Covid-19 pandemic, ARC and FLC have established a joint initiative; Child Aid Relief in Emergency Situations (CARES), to support families with children. CARES provides Food Relief for families with children that are referred by the Government of Maldives as those that require food support. […]
Amidst the community spread of COVID-19, the Maldives government has imposed a 14-day lockdown in the Greater Male’ area. This has opened the window of opportunity to many local retailers to explore the depth of e-commerce. The Maldives economy is still in its preliminary stage of e-commerce, and the immediate complaints of delays in delivery […]
National Emergency Operations Center has revealed that the Maldives is making progress in flattening the curve. Speaking at the press conference, spokesperson Mabrouq Azeez shared the graph which compares the actual figures with projections on virus spread compared with 25 per cent compliance to social distancing measures and 75 per cent compliance to social distancing […]
Finance Minister Ibrahim Ameer has stated that exports to the country have fallen significantly, and that has constrained the supply of foreign currency into the economy. Finance Minister has stated that around 80% of exports come from the tourism industry, and as exports from the tourism industry fall, the supply of foreign currency falls consequently. […]
Total confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Maldives has reached 137, which includes 68 locals and 69 foreigners. So far 16 recoveries have been reported with no fatalities. Here are the latest updates on COVID-19. Virus Timeline in the Capital City Male’. A 12-year-old local and a 4-year-old Sri Lankan kid was tested positive for […]
The first virtual Startup Grind X chapter in Male’ is happening on 3rd May (Sunday), featuring Mr Mohamed Afzal (Apo), CTO & Co-founder of Rage who was recently also featured among the Top 30 Young Entrepreneurs List of Forbes Asia, organized and hosted by Sparkhub. RAGE is one of the fastest growing online to offline […]
Ooredoo Maldives has offered new special promotions for Ramadan month to keep its customers connected. Ooredoo has offered Daily Data Combo for its Prepaid Customers. Through this package, customers will get 1GB Data on Ooredoo’s 4G network and unlimited calls within the network for MVR 35. In addition to that, Ooredoo Prepaid customers will receive […]