A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Zhang Dejiang (R), chairman of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee, meets with Maldives President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 8, 2017. (Xinhua/Liu Weibing) BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) — China and the Maldives agreed in Beijing on Friday to boost parliamentary exchanges and share experience in governance and legislation. The […]
China and the Maldives appear to have different perspectives on Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen’s three-day visit to Beijing which will end today, 9 December. Both countries feel that the visit has taken the relationship to a higher level and broadened its scope greatly. But while China has laid stress on the signing of an […]
Zaheer Khan is the newest member of those Indian cricketers who have taken the plunger. Yes, the man does not play for us anymore, but Indian fans have not forgotten him. On November 23, he tied the knot with Sagarika Ghatke and like any newly married couple, the pair went on their honeymoon. Instagram […]
The Maldives. Credit: UNDP UNITED NATIONS, Dec 8 2017 (IPS) – The 44-member Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) represents some of the world’s most vulnerable island nations fighting a virtually losing battle against rising sea levels triggered by global warming and climate change. A negotiating voice of Small Island Developing States (SIDS), AOSIS has […]
Cara Delevingne is spending New Year’s Eve in the Maldives. The 25-year-old model is jetting off to the South Asian country to ring in 2018, and the star is “so happy” to be celebrating on a beach, basking in the sunshine, and carrying out water sports, because she feels she needs some down time. Speaking […]
The High Court has upheld an Employment Tribunal order for the reinstatement of 22 employees sacked from the Conrad Maldives Rangali Resort in June 2011. The posts of the dismissed workers were made redundant “due to the partial closure of its guest rooms for renovation and lower occupancies,” Conrad Rangali had insisted at the time, […]
The Indian naval ships engaged in search and rescue mission in the aftermath of Cyclone Ockhi on Saturday continued their operations in the high seas, searching the area till the Maldives, a defence spokesman in Kochi said. No stranded boats, fishermen or floating bodies have been found in the sea by the naval search team […]
There is a special characteristic instilled in almost all the Gold 100 Managing Directors – and something everyone should embrace. Corporate Maldives inquired about the one key character from the list of top 100 company MDs and the answer is crucial for success. Every day a new corporate entity (sole trader, partnership or a company) makes its […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has sent a message on the occasion of this year’s SAARC Charter Day. The President’s message reads as follows: “On the occasion of the Thirty Third Anniversary of the founding of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), I am pleased to extend warm greetings and sincere good wishes to […]