A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Tourist count has registered significant growth for the past 4 years. Last year it was reported that approximately 1.3 million holidaymakers flocked to the Indian Ocean archipelago. | Photo: Zaha Ahmed/Avas Tourism Ministry has finalized to initiate a tourism investment forum in the Maldives in participation with foreign investors. The ministry has announced seeking an […]
During the launching ceremony of DhiraaguTV in Lhaviyani atoll on January 8, 2018. Local telecom giant Dhiraagu has launched high-speed fibre broadband services and DhiraaguTV in the islands of Naifaru and Hinnavaru in Lhaviyani Atoll. DhiraaguTV was previously available to both the islands through mobile broadband. However, the telecom company launched DhiraaguTV with fixed broadband […]
President Abdulla Yameen and some ministers pictured at the inauguration of land reclamation for the airport development project in HDh. Kulhudhuffushi. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Tourism minister Moosa Zameer has announced that the government would award development of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island’s airport this week. Speaking to Mihaaru, Zameer revealed that the government’s focus was to […]
Villimale MP Ahmed Nihan speaking at ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) campaign hub “Rumaalu 2” on January 07, 2018. MIHAARU PHOTO / NISHAN ALI Ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM)’s parliamentary group leader and Villimale MP Ahmed Nihan on Sunday night claimed that President Abdulla Yameen will be re-elected for his second term of […]
Yameen Rasheed, 29, a popular social media activist and blogger was found murdered early April 23, 2017. The Criminal Court decided to cancel the trail for the murder of renown Maldivian blogger Yameen Rasheed, who was killed brutally last year April. The state is charging six individuals for homicide with a sharp object while a […]
The road on airport island Hulhule’s southwest coast. PHOTO/MACL The expansion project of Velana International Airport (VIA)’s apron has commenced, announced Maldives Airports Company Ltd (MACL) on Monday. An official of MACL stated that the project, which would see the apron expanded to the road formerly used on Hulhule island’s southwest side, was undertaken by […]
Photo: Sun.mv Esa Khaleel, a former councillor of Malé Atoll Kaashidhoo, was found dead Sunday in a dinghy at the island’s harbour. Ali Sultan, Kaashidhoo island council’s current president, told the Maldives Independent that youths found him lying unconscious on a dinghy at around 3pm. The dinghy was not tied to the jetty and was floating […]
A man arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl has been detained for 15 days, reports local media. The 34-year-old, who was arrested on the island of Thinadoo in Gaaf Dhaal atoll, was taken to the island’s magistrate court last night. Under the Maldives Constitution, a person arrested on suspicion of […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Avas.mv website on 7th January 2018. The following is a loose translation: Most won’t like to talk about rape or inhumane abuse. Even when we approached a few on the street some women replied, ‘We do not want to talk on such a topic.’ For the girl who […]