Asia Maldives The country recorded a 44% increase in exports in January 2022, compared to the same period last year, according to the Maldives Customs Service; main import partner was Thailand with 54%, followed by UK, Mauritius, Germany and India
Asia Maldives The State Trading Organization donated paint to the Sh. Komandoo Health Center while the Fenaka Corporation donated four AC systems and a television set last week
Asia Maldives The Health Protection Agency has announced that a new sample collection centre has been opened near the Sinamale' Bridge car park; the sample positivity rate in the capital, which stood at 3% at the end of last year, has now risen to 36%
Asia Maldives The Ministry of Education is partnering with the UK's Guide Education to launch a training programme for the professional development of teachers and headteachers, where 500 professionals will be trained in the first round
Asia Maldives HSBC Maldives announced their decision to grant Maldives Water and Sewerage Company (MWSC) MVR 154 million (USD 10 million) to fund developmental projects in 20 islands
Asia Maldives Local fishermen have joined in a protest on the island of Kooddoo over concerns about delays in weighing fish and the scarcity of ice on the island
Asia Maldives Vaadhoo Council and M20 Hospitality Ventures have signed an agreement for a resort development project in R. Vaadhoo; an agreement had already been signed with another company in 2016, which was later lost due to the pandemic
Asia Maldives Maldives Transport and Contracting Company will make its public bus transport services in the atolls free for three categories of commuters: school students, people above the age of 65 years, and people with disabilities
Asia Maldives The defence Minister said countries in the Indian Ocean region must strengthen maritime security cooperation for the common goal of peace and stability at the inauguration of Dhosti XV - a two-year trilateral maritime exercise with India and Sri Lanka
Asia Maldives One hundred thousand signatures, making about 1/5 of the total population including minors, have been secured from the petition calling for a constitutional referendum to switch from a presidential to a parliamentary system
Asia Maldives Seagrass beds, a vital marine ecosystem, have been threatened for years by tourism and overdevelopment; now conservationists are fighting to protect them for the future, thus also contrasting climate change
Asia Maldives Over 100.000 tourists travelled to the country this month; according to the Ministry of Tourism it is an increase of 599% on the corresponding period last year, but 2% lower than 2019 figures
Asia Maldives The president has sought Parliament's approval to appoint Mariyam Muna as chairman and Dr Ahmed Adhuham Abdulla as vice-chairman of the Maldives Human Rights Commission