A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The Maldives has won a host of travel industry awards, confirming it as one of the most desirable tourist destinations in the world amid ambitious plans to increase its offering in 2018. Recent awards include the coveted Condé Nast Traveller ‘Best Islands for places to stay award’ as well as Best in Travel’s ‘Best Holiday […]
Negombo City Coroner Dr Siri Jayantha Wickremaratne who held the preliminary inquiry into the death of a young man who died during a trip to the Maldives ordered police to produce before him the woman who had accompanied him on the journey. He decided that the circumstance that led to the death had not been […]
Is Maldives employing a typical Chinese tactic of using its state-controlled media to throw barbs at India and conveying its points of differences while the government sings a different tune of being friendly to New Delhi? This appears to be so. It’s also an eye-opener for the way Maldives under President Yameen has been tilting […]
A group of NCC students and an army officer from the Maldives reached Thiruvananthapuram on a 7-day visit to Kerala. The Kerala tourism minister K Surendran welcomed the group on behalf of the state. The students along with the army officer are on a seven-day visit to the state as part of the student exchange […]
Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim speaks at opposition coalition rally. Jumhoory Party’s leader Qasim Ibrahim slammed the government’s foreign policy late Tuesday, warning that the Maldives would not receive any aid or assistance in crucial moments should its policy conform only to the interests of a few nations. Qasim, who is currently in Germany for […]
Ongoing construction of the new building at VIA’s waterfront, to house the new range of franchise restaurants. Three groups have expressed interest to operate restaurants in Velana International Airport (VIA), following the bid opened by Maldives Airports Company Ltd (MACL) seeking franchise restaurants and cafe brands to invest in the airport. According to a MACL […]
Police officers stand guard during an operation. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU A man was arrested from Madduvari island in Raa atoll on Monday after he vandalised a police car and broke its windows. The police said that the incident occurred last Thursday. A 41-year-old local was arrested in relation to the incident, the police spokesperson reported. The […]
The police and an ambulance at the scene of the accident that occurred on Addy City’s link road on December 26, 2017. PHOTO / SOCIAL MEDIA The 13-year-old boy, who was severely injured in an accident that occurred on Addu City’s Link Road on Tuesday, has passed away while being treated at Hithadhoo Regional Hospital. […]
Opposition leaders rallied together and called for unity to face the “disaster” in the Maldives, with one former president comparing the current political crisis to the deadly 2004 tsunami. Ex-leader Maumoon Abdul Gayoom made the comparison on National Unity Day, which marks the tsunami that killed 82 people in the Maldives. His bold assertion was […]