The Maldives is expecting the arrival of its 100,000th tourist on Saturday and the country’s Tourism Minister Abdullah Masoom announced on Friday the country would celebrate the moment, Sun news reported

The promotion and protection of human rights is one of the integral pillars of the Maldives’ foreign policy and the government is committed to international human rights aspirations said the Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid on Thursday

As the Maldives witnesses renewed growth in its tourism industry, the country recorded an 82 percent growth in its dollar earnings in November in comparison to the last month, Sun news reported

The Maldives’ Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 26 confirmed positive cases of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 13,274  in the small island nation, Sun news reported

Nearly eight months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, authorities in the Maldives on Tuesday permitted guesthouses and hotels in Male city to start their operations from December 14, Sun news reported

In what seems a result of concentrated efforts by the Indian Ocean archipelago to contain the spread of the COVID-19, the Maldives recorded just 15 cases in the last 24 hours, Sun news reported

After the country was opened on July 15 for tourists, the Maldivies’ Velana airport - the main international airport- received the highest air traffic on Saturday, Sun new reported

Abdullah Ziyath, the former head of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation (MMPRC), was on Monday sentenced to 11 years in prison by a criminal court in the Maldives, Sun news reported

The Maldives’ parliament voted to bring charges against former health minister Abdullah Ameen for misleading parliament regarding the procurement of ventilators for hospitals, Edition news reported. Earlier Abdullah Ameen resigned when the irregularities came to light

The Maldives’ Health Protection Agency (HPA) has reported 39 confirmed positive cases of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 13,198  in the small island nation that is an international high-end tourist destination, Sun news reported

The Maldives’ Foreign Minister Abdullah Shahid has called the international community to extend help to small developing island states in order to overcome the economic impact of the COVID-19, reported Sun

In what seems like a good revival story for the tourism industry in the Maldives, the country is near to achieving its tourist arrival target for 2o20- a year that disrupted the tourism industry like never before

The Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohammad Solih announced that his government will provide free vaccines to all of nearly 545,000 people who live in the country, Sun news reported

The Maldives’ Parliament’s Committee on National Security Services has passed amendments to the Maldives Police Service Bill, classifying mutiny as a separate crime, whereby police officers could be charged separately for actions of mutiny amounting to a coup if the bill becomes law

The regional carrier of Singapore Airlines, Silk Air, resumed its flight operations to the Maldives and are now operating two flights every week to the Maldives’s Velana International Airport, reported Edition news