A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ooredoo Maldives says that the digital interaction platform will help users to easily engage with Ooredoo — Photo by: Rizna Zareer Ooredoo Maldives has launched ‘Ooredoo Next’, a digital interaction platform that the company said would routinize the pre-paid mobile market. The telecommunications provider launched Ooredoo Next along with social networking platform Facebook’s ‘Messenger’ application. […]
Sir Mo Farah called time on his track career after the World Championships The Olympic Champion posted a video with his wife trying synchronised diving Farah was taking a break after claiming gold and silver at the championships The five-time world champion will now prepare for marathon running The 36-year-old has said he will run in the […]
The first ever World Travel Writers’ Conference organized by Maldives TV concludes. The one-day conference was held at Bandos Maldives resort, attended by 15 writers, bloggers, vloggers, social media celebrities and award-winning photographers from 10 different nationalities, including India, Russia, America, Ireland, United Kingdom, Philippines, Holland, and Australia.The conference consisted of keynote speeches as well […]
The Gala ceremony of World Travel Writers Conference 2017 was held at Adaaran Hudhuranfushi on the 18th of September 2017. At the Gala Managing Director of PSM Ibrahim Khaleel launched the World Travel Writers Conference 2018 which will be held in April next year. The gala night of WTWC 2017 was held to bring together […]
‘I can’t even talk about it.’ Remember that? I used that phrase solidly between 1987, when I was 15, and 1989. New Diet Coke ad – can’t even talk about it. Tom Cruise in Cocktail – can’t even talk about it. Lucy’s grown-up brother – can’t even talk about it. When something was just too […]
On September 14, 2017, Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou met with Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed of Maldives. Kong Xuanyou expressed that China supports the efforts of the Maldivian government in safeguarding national stability and speeding up the economic and social development, and is willing to, together with Maldives, enhance high-level exchanges and take […]
Posters put up by family and friends of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan. PHOTO/MALDIVES INDEPENDENT The whereabouts of one of the suspects charged with terrorism over the abduction of Maldives Independent journalist Ahmed Rilwan are unknown, Mihaaru has found out. Three years after the journalist was forcibly disappeared, the Prosecutor General (PG)’s Office has forwarded terrorism […]
The civil court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the family of slain blogger Yameen Rasheed over the failure of the police to protect him despite numerous death threats reported to the authorities. On Sunday, Judge Abdul Nasir Shafeeq decided that the court does not have the jurisdiction to hear the negligence suit as investigating […]
President Yameen (R) meets with former President Maumoon. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Mohamed Hussain Shareef, the newly appointed Ambassador of the Maldives to Sri Lanka, declared that he has lost all respect for the former president, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, because of the latter’s actions. In an interview to Mihaaru on Sunday, Shareef, who had been in the […]