A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has announced that the government shutdown will continue for an additional week. This includes the government offices, schools and other educational institutions, closed public parks and dine-in services at restaurants and cafes. The government has also earlier imposed a nationwide shutdown of all guesthouses, banned excursions, and ceased travel between resorts […]
Island Aviation Service’s Managing Director Mohamed Rizvi has revealed that the company is ready to help the government if the government needs any help from them amid the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives. Managing Director Rizvee has stated that the airline’s cargo flights and employees are prepared to help any government authorities that […]
India has declared a 21-day lockdown from 25th March onwards, to contain the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the nation. Amid this lockdown, the Indian Embassy has stated they will maintain the supply of staple food to the Maldives despite the lockdown. An Embassy officer stated, even though there are difficulties in logistics due to […]
Maldives Islamic Bank (MIB) encourage their customers to use faisamobile for banking during the current COVID-19 outbreak in the Maldives. MIB encourage their customer to stay at home to practice social distancing as a precautionary measure to control spreading of COVID-19. Faisamobile is an all-in-one, modern, user-friendly and secure mobile banking app by Maldives Islamic […]
Lockdown is an emergency measure or condition in which people are temporarily prevented from entering or leaving a restricted area or building during a threat of danger. Many countries in the world are going for lockdown as a precautionary measure to curb the spreading of COVID-19 outbreak. Our neighbours, India and Srilanka under a lockdown. […]
Maldives Police Service has introduced an online portal to report complaints amid the spread of COVID-19 pandemic in the Maldives. Police Commissioner Mohamed Hameed has stated that they have introduced an online portal to lodge complaints as a precautionary measure against the spread of COVID-19. He further added that this portal is for reporting all […]
Dhiraagu announced that they will be waiving off its merchant fee for the next three months. While contactless digital payments have become the recommended norm, the need for DhiraaguPay has increased. To facilitate secure and safe digital transactions, businesses have started to encourage their customers to use Dhiraagu e-wallets more than before. To further facilitate […]
Guesthouse Association of Maldives (GAM) has revealed that according to the survey carried out to identify the impact of COVID-19, the Maldives guesthouse industry will lose nearly USD 30 million in revenue. The survey results revealed that most guesthouses started the business with loans and they spend a large sum on land leases and rents. […]
In light of prevailing economic changes, small stores are rising in the Maldives bringing many changes to the retail industry. The rise of small stores in the retail industry is mainly due to Maldivian buyers opting for affordable stores over larger stores with high prices. Smaller stores such as Ihusaan store has been expanding at […]