With new measures and green initiatives, the Maldives is hoping to become the cleanest country in the world, a senior official said. The Indian Ocean archipelago is already phasing out single-use plastic, including water bottles, and projects that could reduce its carbon footprints.
Authorities in the Maldives beefed up security around the country’s presidential residence following its intelligence agencies received input of bomb threat to the archipelago’s President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih, reported Raajje TV
The bidding of 16 islands in the Maldives for resort redevelopment projects has been extended, the country’s tourism ministry informed
Expatriates in the Maldives, who are found violating curfew, will be deported to their respective countries, Maldivian authorities have decided
Media groups in the Maldives, including the Maldives Journalist Association (MJA), have raised concern over a recent inquiry ordered by a parliament committee into an investigative report regarding the security details of Speaker Nasheed, reported Sun news
Russia has assured the Maldives that it is committed to expediting the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines to the Indian Ocean archipelago, reported Raajje TV
As daily COVID-19 infections remain unchecked in the Maldives, authorities have tightened restrictions, including closing down mosques and introducing a permit system, in capital city Male
The announcement this week of new coordinated sanctions against Myanmar’s military rulers by a handful of Western governments has been welcomed by the UN independent expert monitoring the human rights situation in the country
The Maldives on Thursday reported the highest-ever single-day surge in Covid-19 cases, crossing the 2100 mark. Around 1700 cases alone came from its capital Male
Authorities in the Maldives have beefed up security at the archipelago’s parliament building after security agencies in the country sounded alert over a possible attack
Israel will donate vaccines to the Maldives along with 18 other countries, reported Sun news. Israel, which has rolled out one of the fastest vaccination drives in the world, will donate 1000-5000 Moderna vaccines to these nations
A lawmaker in the Maldives has submitted an emergency motion in the archipelago’s parliament, demanding a temporary ban on Israeli tourists, reported Sun news
Maldives’ former president Mohammed Nasheed, who escaped an assassination attempt last week, has on Thursday departed for Germany to seek further medical treatment there, reported Raajje TV
Around 119 former and incumbent state officials of the Maldives government are in the list of the suspected beneficiary in the MMPRC scandal that happened during the reign of former president Abdullah Yameen, reported Raajje TV
Worried about fast-spreading variants of coronavirus, authorities in the Maldives have stopped issued visa-on-arrival for tourists coming from South Asian countries, reported Rajje TV
Days after the failed assassination bid on former president Mohammed Nasheed, Maldives President Ibrahim Mohammed Solih said the government will soon order an intelligence audit of national security forces
