Category: News

An employee of Hondaafushi, an island resort established in H. Dh. Atoll, was arrested by the Maldives Police Service this Wednesday. Travelling in and out...

Maldivian was revealed to have been confirmed for COVID-19 by a news agency in United Arab Emirates (UAE).About new 50 affirmed virus cases in the...

In Maafanu district of Male’ City, inside a private residence a foreign worker was found passed away. The police reported, they were given a report...

This Tuesday it was made public by the Education Ministry that the Ed-excel AS and A ‘Level exams for May/June is being rescheduled to October/November...

To protect Maldives from the rising pandemic of COVID-19, Male’ city council and MNDF took action to disinfect the Male streets with chlorin starting this...

Two employees of Kuredu Island Resort have tested positive for covid-19 (cocrona virus).Health Minister Abdulla Ameen confirmed the news ina press conference. Tourism Minister Ali...

TheEconomicMinisterhasbeenrecommendedbytheSalariesandWagesAdvisoryBoardtosetMVR6,400asthenationalminimumwageandasumwithintherangeofMVR6,400toMVR8,400astheminimumwageforcivilservantsandtourismsectoremployees.LastweekEconomicMinisterFayyazIsmailsentParliamentareportfromtheCommission.AreportontherecommendationofthecommissionwasalsopublishedonthewebsiteoftheEconomicMinistry.HetoowhorecentlyannouncedplanstodeclareaminimumwagebeforetheendofFebruarythisyear.Inmakingitsconclusion,theBoardevaluatedtwofactors;monthlyfoodandotheressentialneedsexpensesperfamily,andlocaleconomicindicators.TheBoardalsorecommendedtheestablishmentofaseparateminimumwagefortourismforcivilservantsandtourismworkers;asumwithintherangeofMVR6,400—recommendedasthenationalminimumwage—andMVR8,600—recommendedbytheBoardafterfactoringinbasichouseholdexpenses.TheBoardsuggestedtheminimumwageshouldbeadjustedeveryfiveyears.

MinisterofTourismAliWaheedlabelledhisonlineaudiosasfake onceagainandcalledforaninvestigationintohimtoexplaintheissues.Theministerdescribedtheaudiosasascamandashamefuloffence donetoassassinatehisdignity. He alsoreiteratedthattheaudioswerenotlegitimate,andcalledforaninquirytoexplaintheaudios‘issues.A set of audios purportedly a conversation of Minister Ali Waheed and state minister Assad Ali were leaked by a twitter...

Ministry of Higher Education announces 550 new loan opportunities for Higher Education.In a news conference today, Higher Education Minister Dr. Mohamed Hassan made the announcement....

ThenumberofnewcasesofcoronavirusidentifiedinChinaoverthepastweekindicatedtheepidemiccouldbeslowing—containmenteffortswereworking.However in the past 24 hours, officials added more than 14,840 new cases to the tally of the infected in Hubei Province alone, bringing the...

ParliamentpassedaresolutiononWednesdaydeclaringMaldivesaclimateemergency.Theresolution,tabledbyHoarafushiMPAhmedSaleem,seekstodrawglobalattentiontotheneedtomitigateclimatechangebeforetimerunsoutfortheworld.Duringitsreview,theCommitteeontheEnvironmentandClimateChangemadeseveralamendmentstotheresolution,oneofwhichwastorecognizetheeffectsofclimatechangefeltasemergenciesinMaldives. Thechangewasmadeamidpublicconcernaboutextremeerosionfeltinanumberofislandsduetoclimatechangeaswellastheobstructionofsandproductionandmovementdueto arbor andotherinfrastructureprojects.TherevisedresolutionwasadoptedonWednesdayafternoon,withthe voteof68parliamentarians.Climateemergenciessofarhavebeenproclaimedbyhundredsoflocalgovernmentsand25individualcountries,thefirstofwhichwasannouncedin2016.

Economic Ministry has declared areas where 24-hour businesses can run in the fifth district of Male’.The Ministry announced two areas in Villimale’ while the first...