The Minister of Finance and Treasury, Mr. Ali Hashim, has been appointed to represent the Maldivian government, with full power and authority to finalise and execute two loans from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
President Mohamed Nasheed said the Maldives can learn from Timor-Leste’s approach to national reconciliation, during a joint press conference with the country’s Nobel Peace prize-winning President, Dr José Ramos-Horta
PA leader Abdullah Yameen has filed a civil court case against DRP leader Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, but parties quash speculation that the opposition coalition is under strain
Diva resort in the Maldives has been voted the third most romantic hotel in Asia by TripAdvisor, reportedly the world’s largest travel website. The luxury Maldivian resort was placed behind of Cape Sienna Hotel & Villas in Kamala, Thailand, and Samaya Bali in Seminyak, Indonesia. The 2010 Travellers Choice award recipients were decided by tabulating … Continue reading Diva resort voted third ‘most romantic’ hotel in Asia
A coalition of NGOs hold a meeting to provide information about decentralisation, while MDP and DRP continue to dispute about dividing the Maldives into provinces.
The government plans to stamp out lucrative shark fishing in March, but exactly how the ban will be enforced, and the livelihoods of the shark fishermen, remains in doubt.
The European Union has given the Maldives a €1.5 million aid package to help the country enforce drug laws and rehabilitate users.
Scientists studying the eclipse believe a controversial gravitational anomaly known as the Allais effect could “ruffle the feathers” of conventional physics
Ibrahim Didi traces the making of a president