A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldives Foreign Minister Mohamed Asim (File | AFP) NEW DELHI: Foreign minister of Maldives Mohamed Asim on Wednesday morning arrived in India on a three-day visit. On Thursday, Asim will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj. He will leave on Friday. The Maldives foreign ministers’ visit to India is of […]
The Modi government needs to make it clear to Malé that it shouldn’t play the China card in its dealings with New Delhi. The Maldivian regime under President Yameen Abdul Gayoom has changed gears and reached out to the Indian government to repair bilateral relations in the right earnest. The Gayoom government would be sending its foreign […]
Calling them suites doesn’t really do justice to the gigantic accommodations of the Maldives. Surrounded by palm-fringed white-sand beaches and aquamarine seas teeming with exotic marine life, these idyllic atolls are truly paradise found. The Crescent NIYAMA PRIVATE ISLANDS The Crescent is so much more than just a suite; this is a cluster of five […]
Rumours were doing the rounds that lovebirds Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh, who had flown to a South Asian island country to ring in the latter’s birthday, will exchange rings and make their relationship official in Sri Lanka but it seems that there’s no truth to it. While Deepika-Ranveer fans were rejoicing their engagement news that was doing the […]
Nearly a year after they called it quits, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom are again fueling reconciliation rumours after they were spotted vacationing together in the Maldives earlier this week. The exes — who kissed and held hands at an Ed Sheeran concert last August months after they officially split — were snapped by fans […]
She’s enjoying an idyllic family holiday in the Maldives with husband Marvin Humes and their two daughters. And Rochelle Humes showed off her incredible bikini body in a stunning Instagram shot, while playfully poking fun at her posing ability on Thursday. The Saturdays singer, 28, showed off her washboard abs, pert bust and endless legs […]
Kurumba was the very first private island resort in the Maldives when it opened its doors in 1972 in the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Maldives, celebrates its 45th Anniversary this year. Maldives — The multiple award-winning resorts, the pioneer of the Maldives tourism industry, Kurumba Maldives is proud to announce they have been recognised […]
The Maldives saw an 18.7% increase in UK visitors last November compared with the same month in 2016. In total, 9,579 UK visitors travelled to the Maldives during the month compared with 8,073 in November 2016. A total of 94,258 UK visitors travelled to the islands in the first 11 months of 2017, a 1.1% […]
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan Of the twelve agreements signed with China, during the recent visit of President Yameen to China, the Free trade agreement signed between them is the most important one. Surprisingly, the agreement that runs into a few hundred pages was passed in an attenuated parliament when the opposition was not present and […]