A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
FENN a collection of events focused on sustainable innovation was announced in Male’, Maldives. The event will be held in April 2021 (Assidha Nakaiy, Summer). The debut instalment of the series of events under FENN, #FENN2021 will be the first of its kind to be hosted in the Maldives. The event will bring together some […]
Your eyes, nose, and mouth are all intimate gateways and tissues touch all three, but ordinary, unsterilized tissues can carry germs and viruses, like COVID-19, which can live on tissue paper for up to 3 hours. That’s why every Fine tissue undergoes the company’s patented sterilization process, killing 99.99% of germs and viruses during the […]
MVR 30 million has been spent in advance on 75 ventilators supplied through a contract with Dubai-based Executers General Trading LLC. While only 11 of the ventilators have been brought to the Maldives, none of the ventilators has been accepted for use by the Ministry of Health. In the latest COVID-19 compliance audit report by […]
Ministry of Education, on 13th August 2020, has revised the academic calendar to announce its decision to start the new academic year on August 10th, 2021. According to the revised academic calendar, the first semester of 2020 will extend till December. Although the academic year of 2020 commenced on January 12 with its first semester […]
Maldives Transport Authority has extended the deadline provided for the registration of companies that provide shipping agency services. In an announcement made by the Customs, the authority has previously asked the agents registered and issued with a license, to submit the registration documents to the Transport Authority before 16th August 2020. According to customs, agents […]
The revenue generated by the State Trading Organization (STO) from the oil business in 2019, has increased by MVR 77 million. According to the annual report of 2019, the company has earned a revenue of MVR 6.4 billion from the business of oil, while in 2018, the company has earned MVR 4.3 billion. The report […]
Avia Maldives began its operations in August 2011 providing a number of services from Aircraft handling, Supervision, inflight catering, hotel reservations, etc. The company has consistently worked towards raising the standard of Maldivian aviation services and boast the biggest Maldivian General Aviation Supervision team currently in operation, with at least three members manning each operation […]
Vice President Faisal Naseem met with the High Commissioner of India to the Maldives, Sunjay Sudhir yesterday afternoon. The Vice President conveyed felicitations on India’s 74th Independence Day, which occurred on 15th August, and deliberated with the High Commissioner on strengthening the bilateral ties between India and the Maldives. The Vice President noted that India […]
The Maldives has seen tourist arrivals of over 5,200 from around the world after the destination reopened its borders on 15th July. According to Maldives Immigration, from 15th July to 15th August, a total of 5,245 tourists arrived in the Maldives. From this, 3476 tourists arrived in August and 1,769 arrived in July. The statistics show that tourist […]