A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Bank of Maldives (BML) has revealed that around 12,000 loans have been applied for deferment. BML opened the opportunity to defer the repayment period to 6 months, as an initiative to help people during the economic downfall caused by COVID-19 pandemic. BML provided this opportunity to its customers on 2nd April. BML has also introduced […]
The government has introduced a stimulus package of MVR 2.5 billion to assist businesses amid the pandemic. Tourism industry experts have raised their concerns about the stimulus package. A top tourism stakeholder has stated that the working capital loans given under the stimulus package should be exclusive to small and medium enterprises, with resorts given […]
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has arranged online payment methods for rent payments of Hulhumale’ flats, rowhouses, and houses. HDC has advised transferring the payment with details of the flat or row house to its account 7701134831003 and to Viber the receipt to 7290448. HDC further stated that the details of flats and rowhouses in Hulhumale’ […]
Dhiraagu has announced a partnership with Shemaroo to bring the best Indian Cinema to the Maldives. Dhiraagu customers will be able to watch genres across Bollywood movies, Classic cinema, and Bengali Movies on the DhiraaguTV VoD platform. The service will be available exclusively to DhiraaguTV customers for MVR 60 per month. Dhiraagu will be offering […]
STO has announced that they have revised its Home Improvement store business hours. STO has stated that according to the revised hours, Home Improvement store will be open from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm in the morning, from 13:15 to 18:00 in the afternoon and from 20:00 to 22:00 at night. Revised business hours will […]
The government has announced that they will be delivering care packages to Maldivians residing in Kochin and Trivandrum in India. Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revealed that Maldivian cargo flight will be delivering the care packages to India on April 11. Ministry has further stated that due to limited space in cargo flights, services will […]
Health Protection Agency (HPA) has amended the policy on entry and exit from resorts and safaris, lifting the requirement to seek an exit application from all individual staff before allowing them to exit the resort or safari. The employees can now leave the tourist establishment as resorts and vessels approach the end of their 14-day quarantine […]
Expedite the Maldives, the general sales agent for Turkish Airlines has announced plans to operate 02 weekly cargo flights from Istanbul to the Maldives combined with Sri Lanka. Expedite the Maldives released a statement saying, “We believe this is good news for the exporters and importers in the Maldives as of now we are with […]
Qatar Airways will be operating a special flight from Male’ on 21st April. With this flight(QR 675) departing from Male’ at 1500hrs, on 21st April, Tuesday, Qatar Airways passengers will now get the opportunity to fly from the Maldives on 21 April 2020 and connect to many cities around the world including London, Paris and […]