A nine year-old boy has been rescued by his 14 year-old brother from an apparent suicide attempt on Thinadhoo in Gaaf Dhaal Atoll, reports Haveeru.
Police said the boy had was found hanging from a coconut palm and was now in intensive care at Thinadhoo Regional Hospital, where his condition was improving.
Police are now investigating the incident.
The Department of Family and Gender runs a 24 hour toll-free Child Helpline, available on 1412.
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(0)International market research firm AC Nielsen has been appointed by GMR Male International Airport Limited (GMIAL) to survey tourists at the newly-renamed Ibrahim Nasir International Airport.
The research will seek the opinions of visitors, locals, sea plane operators, resorts, airline and tour operators on existing airport services.
The information will be used to improve existing services for tourists, improve amenities for employees and provide new services, GMIAL said in a statement.
(0)Dislikes(0)Maldives High Commissioner to Pakistan Aishath Shehenaz Adam has hosted a reception at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad to mark 46 years of independence and 45 years of diplomatic relations with Pakistan, reports Pakistani newspaper The News.
“The Marquee Hall had been nicely decorated and there was a special section in front of the stairs leading to the upper hall, where the cake was cut against a backdrop of a fishing boat and other decorative items like coconuts and the arts and crafts of the Maldives. A video screened images of the beautiful landscape of the country as well as the people going about their daily business, which includes harvesting of coconuts and fishing,” the paper reported.
“The Maldives — highlighted with the catch phrase, ‘the sunny side of life’ — are described as where sands are white as the smiles of the locals, where fish swim happily in the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, where the weather is a dream, and the deep rays of the sun wait to engulf you in their arms. It has deep blue seas, turquoise reefs, white sandy beaches and palm trees. It is also a place full of character, where its people have long spent their days languishing in the very essence of idyll living.”
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