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Economic Ministry reveals that the services offered by the Ministry can be claimed online from the 4th to 6th of August 2020. The Ministry states that as the government offices are closed during this time, its customers can make use of Expat Online System to submit applications from 1000hrs to 1400hrs. The business-related services offered […]
Economic Ministry has introduced a hotline number to assist the public in reporting redundancies due to COVID-19, to the jobcentre. Due to COVID-19, several companies have dismissed their employees, reduced salaries, and some employees are sent on an indefinite no pay leave. Previously, the economic ministry has established a jobcentre to report these actions taken […]
Aerial view of Maldives Ports Limited (MPL)’s commercial harbour in capital Male. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU The Maldives government is looking to develop a lab to test the quality of goods imported from China after the recently signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries comes into effect. In the FTA, China has agreed to establish […]