Cabinet has decided that Bangladeshi nationals will be issued work visas by the Maldives High Commission in the capital Dhaka prior to their arrival, in an attempt to address the high numbers of workers arriving in the country.
“We will not build a just and equitable world unless we give equal weight to all three pillars of sustainable development – social, economic and environmental,” states UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on World Environment Day.
Amnesty International’s support of activist-turned-President Mohamed Nasheed gave the exiled MDP credibility, said Nasheed’s Press Secretary Mohamed Zuhair on the occasion of the international NGO’s 50th anniversary.
Chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress, Wu Bangguo, announced the doubling of Chinese aid and the construction of an embassy in the Maldives during his ongoing visit to the country.
President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Haruhiko Kuroda has said that while the Maldives’ climate change goals are commendable, the government should focus on improving fiscal management.
“Everybody in the country realises and recognises that there needs to be a change in the status quo,” says MMA Governor Fazeel Najeeb, backing government’s commitment to the IMF.
“Very little thought” given to reforming the judiciary during drafting of the constitution, President admits, during a signing ceremony marking Rf 6 million in German support for UNDP’s Access to Justice project.
Maldivian social attitudes emphasise appearances over moral values, creating a society where pre-marital and extra-marital sex is widely prevalent and tolerated but open discussions on contraception and sex-education is still taboo, writes Yameen Rasheed.
Umar Naseer calls on ACC to monitor the bank accounts of Ali Waheed, his friends and family after MP resigns from DRP.