A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Developing the bund wall around the area to be reclaimed in HDh. Kulhudhuffushi’s mangrove swamp. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA Ecocare Maldives has filed at the Civil Court, seeking to order authorities to comply with the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report on the reclamation of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island’s mangrove swamp. Under the government’s project to develop […]
President Abdulla Yameen with his cabinet at the PPM 6th-anniversary meeting held in H. Dh. Kulhudhuffushi on November 12, 2017. PHOTO / PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Minister of Economic Development Mohamed Saeed on Sunday night claimed that some of the Maldives’ oldest allies are now “jealous” of its recent developments and progress. Speaking at the ceremony held […]
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar speaks at parliament about State Budget 2017. PHOTO/MAJLIS Mihaaru has found out that the government had submitted only the total amount proposed for the State Budget 2018 to the parliament two weeks ago, without providing any details. According to Mihaaru’s sources, the finance ministry had submitted the total amount of the […]
Members of Adhaalath Party at a rally of Maldives United Opposition. PHOTO/ADHAALATH PARTY Religiously conservative Adhaalath Party has revealed that it will back a coalition government that shares its beliefs in the upcoming presidential election slated for 2018. Adhaalath Party released a statement on Friday night stating that it would fully support a coalition that […]
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Lawyer Hisan Hussain. PHOTO/MIHAARU On Sunday, the Department of Judicial Administration (DJA) revoked the suspension of lawyers, Hisaan Hussain and Ibrahim Riffath, who was suspended over submitting a petition to the Supreme Court raising concerns over the judicial system and calling to uphold the rule of law. DJA stated in its announcement that it was […]
Aerial view showing MTCC’s dredger “Maha Jarraf” off the coast of HDh. Kulhudhuffushi. President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has officially launched the land reclamation project for the development of a domestic airport in Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island. Yameen inaugurated the project at a colourful ceremony held in the island on Saturday evening. He was […]
Dhiraagu, the leading telecommunications provider in Maldives announced a special promotion of the company’s Fixed Broadband services on 12 November. The fastest internet speed provided in Maldives to the customers is via Dhiraagu fibre to the home 100 Mbps package. During the promotion, Initial connection for Fibre Connections and ADSL connections will be free of […]
Dhiraagu is set to take pre-orders for iPhone X starting from 24 November 2017. Starting the date, customers will be able to place pre-orders for iPhone X, the future of the smartphone, via www.dhiraagu.com.mv. Customers will be able to receive the phones starting from 1 December 2017. Price of the new iPhone has not been […]