A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Ooredoo Maldives has announced the expansion of its broadband network to all corners of the Maldives, with the launch of Faseyha Home Broadband. It is available from Ooredoo Experience Centres and comes with a router already set up for plug and play activation when powered on. It provides service at up to 10 Mbps and […]
PTI Former Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Friday said it was wrong for China to expect that the Maldives would take its side and said India’s relations with the island nation is 2,000-3,000 years old. Nasheed, who is in Delhi for an international conference, said India does not conduct diplomacy like western countries and is […]
Director Siddique was appreciated for addressing marital issues in a dignified manner in the Malayalam film Bhaskar The Rascal. Starring Mammootty and Nayanthara, the film hit the screens in 2015 and went on to become a blockbuster. The director is now wielding the megaphone for the Tamil version of Bhaskar The Rascal. Titled as Bhaskar […]
Minister Zokwana attended a high level meeting of the G16 Group of like-minded Indian Ocean Coastal States’ Fisheries Ministers on the 17th August 2017, hosted by the Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture of Maldives at the Bandos Island Resort, Malé. During the high level Meeting of Fisheries Ministers, South Africa formalized its relationship with the […]
AVANI Hotels & Resorts is thrilled to announce the development of its first resort in the Maldives. AVANI Fares Maldives Resort will be located on Fares Island in the Baa Atoll and is scheduled to open in Q4 2019. Ideal for millennial minded travellers, this untouched, private 12.4 hectare island will provide a natural playground […]
Despite international pressure the Maldives will reintroduce the death penalty after a 60-year moratorium to try and reduce the rising number of murders and stop drug trafficking, a senior advisor to President Abdulla Yameen said on Tuesday. The United Nations and Amnesty International have urged the government not to reintroduce the death penalty by hanging, […]