A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Maldivian has opened a new cargo office to provide cargo services within the Maldives. The office was officially opened by Minister of Economic Development Mr Mohamed Saeed. Addressing the gathering at the opening, Minister highlighted that Maldivian Cargo service was introduced as a result of the efforts to expand the airline’s services to its customers. He […]
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) signed an agreement with Train.With.Kai to carry out a fitness boot camp program for its employees. The contract was signed by Club MTCC, Secretary General Mr Mohamed Luayyu and Co-Founder of Train.With.Kai, Ms Aminath Thoriga. A 3-month long program named “Fitness Boot Camp Program” will be conducted for 50 employees. Maintaining […]
UNDP Maldives along with its partners launched Miyaheli Social Innovation Camp 2017 from 28th – 30th September 2017 at Soneva Fushi Resort. This is their second collaboration for this Social Innovation Camp. The first Miyaheli was held in 2016. This year, Miyaheli was open for Maldivian youth aged 18- 30 from the northern atolls of […]
Leading telecommunications service provider in Maldives, Dhiraagu celebrated 29th anniversary on 1st October 2017. To commemorate this day, a special event for the staff was held at Dhiraagu head office. On this occasion, the first ever Augmented Reality (AR) campaign in Maldives, “Unveil the Magic” was launched for customers. In this campaign, customers stand a chance […]
Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger “Mahaa Jarraafu” was officially handed over to Maldives Transport and Contracting Company Plc. (MTCC). Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ibrahim Ziyath received the official documents of Dredger on behalf of MTCC. This new Dredger is 92.95 meters long and 16.30 meters wide. It has a dredging depth of 50 meters and […]
In order to support the foreign exchange needs of Maldivians travelling abroad, BML introduced a convenient online booking system to purchase US Dollars in January 2017. This system has been very positively received by the community as it allows customers to avoid queuing at a branch and lets them collect their Dollars at the airport […]
Thai AirAsia along with All H Maldives and Maldives Getaways has hosted the 2nd Maldives Travel Fair in Bangkok Thailand as part of the Maldives Travel Fair that started off in Malaysia in September 2017. The Thai fair took place on the 28th of September 2017 at the Suvarnabhumi Airport in the capital city of […]
Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) has expanded its seaplane fleet to 49 aircraft. The additional aircraft, a De Havilland DHC-6 Series 300, arrived yesterday afternoon (Friday, 29th September) at Velana International Airport (VIA) after completing its journey from Calgary city in Canada. TMA’s fleet expansion comes in-light with the growing number of tourist arrivals and increasing […]
According to Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA), the national reserve of Maldives has gone down by 5% in during last month. MMA statistics show that there was USD 571.8 million in national reserve at the end of July. This is a 7% yearly decrease and a 5% monthly decrease. The usable reserve was USD 207.6 million. […]