A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives to hold a press conference following the Extraordinary Summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on last week’s US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, on December 13, 2017, in Istanbul. Islamic leaders on December 13 urged the world to recognise occupied East Jerusalem as the capital of […]
Expatriate workers at work in a construction site. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Police have rescued a Bangladeshi national that was kidnapped in the capital Male last week and arrested two other Bangladeshi men in connection with the crime. Maldives Police Service revealed Wednesday that the kidnapping was reported on Monday last week, but did not disclose further […]
One of the new developments in the park – ‘Rasrani View’. MIHAARU PHOTO / NISHAN ALI The housing ministry on Wednesday declared that it is working to make president Abdulla Yameen’s vision to “bring winter to the Maldives” this month with the special Winter Corner being developed in Rasrani Bageecha. President Yameen had unveiled Rasrani […]
Expatriate workers at work in a construction site. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU Police revealed Wednesday that they are investigating a case of a Bangladeshi national who was kidnapped in the Maldives. According to Maldives Police Service, the kidnapping was reported last Monday and two Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in connection to the case since then. […]
A diver on an excursion at a dive spot in Alif Alif atoll. Police are searching for a Chinese national employed at Centara Grand Island Resort & Spa, who was reported missing on Tuesday evening after he went diving. Police stated early Wednesday that the 25-year-old is a dive instructor at the resort and is […]
Maldivian ambassador Mohamed Hussain Shareef (L) chairs the 293rd meeting of the Colombo Plan Council in Sri Lanka. PHOTO/EMBASSY OF MALDIVES The Maldives on Tuesday was appointed chair of the Colombo Plan Council for the third time. Colombo Plan is an international organization founded in 1950, which works to establish bilateral relations to provide foreign […]
Former managing director of Aasandha Company, Hassan Ali. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Managing director of Aasandha Company, Hassan Ali, has been dismissed from his post. President of the Privatization Board, Mohamed Nizar, confirmed on Tuesday that Hassasn Ali has been relieved of his position as the managing director of Aasandha Company, which provides the universal healthcare insurance […]
Mohamed Anas, 25, of Raa atoll Meedhoo island The minor who is being charged with murdering Mohamed Anas last July pleaded not guilty at the Juvenile Court on Monday. The minor, who is 17-years-old, is being charged with first-degree murder, along with several others, for intimidating and attacking Anas with a sharp object. According to […]
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 […]