A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Drug Detoxification and Community Rehabilitation Centre in Hulhumeedhoo Ward, Addu City has been held yesterday. At the ceremony, Vice President Faisal Naseem has emphasised the value placed by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih’s administration to increase the youth’s contribution towards national development, by giving them positive direction and providing them with […]
World Travel Award’s Leading Airline to the Indian Ocean 2020, SriLankan Airlines commenced its London Heathrow–Male’ direct service today. Flight UL506 touched down this morning at Velana International Airport Male’ carrying 16 Business class and 72 Economy class passengers. “We are pretty excited with this service as we have further strengthened our presence in Maldives skies,” […]
ADK Hospital has moved its dialysis services to a newly upgraded dialysis centre. The new facility can provide dialysis for 4 patients at a time. Each patient has assigned dedicated nursing care and have access to individual audiovisual entertainment. The dialysis services are operated and closely monitored by a team of dialysis nurses lead by […]
Eyecare Opticals has announced its exciting Year End Promotion, which is currently ongoing from 21st November 2020 to 21st January 2021. With this promotion, customers are eligible to get a free wristwatch for purchases above a certain amount. If you spend over MVR 5000, you will be able to get a free Q-era Exclusive wristwatch. […]
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved a $107.4 million project to help the Maldives accelerate its transition to renewable energy and support sustainable recovery. The Accelerating Renewable Energy Integration and Sustainable Energy (ARISE) project build on the efforts of the existing World Bank-funded Accelerating Sustainable Private Investments in Renewable Energy (ASPIRE) initiative […]
Colorland is a company founded and owned by Mr Nasrullah Abdul Wahid, with a focus on paint-related products and services. Our team sat down to have a chat with Mr Nasrullah to dive deeper into his humble beginnings, and to find out the story of how Colourland was established. Could you tell us a bit […]
Speaker of Majilis and the former President of Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed has said that the Maldives requires a further 2 year grace period in order to repay the country’s debt to China. Nasheed said this in a tweet replying to the Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives, Zhang Lizhong’s refute against Nasheed’s claim on that Maldives […]
Bank of Maldives yesterday has announced the opening of a picnic area at Th. Kandoodhoo beach with the support of ‘Aharenge Bank’ Community Fund. The developed community picnic area is now open for the public, with huts, beach umbrellas, sitting areas, a traditional ‘undhoalige’ and spaces designed for cooking and barbecue activities. The picnic area […]
State Trading Organization of Maldives (STO) plans to expand its operation into the digital banking industry. An announcement on Twitter, STO states that the organization will be conducting a market survey from 10th December till the end of this month targeted to people between 20 to 39 years old. The survey is being conducted in […]