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The state budget has spent MVR 1.7 billion on government-owned companies up to November 20, according to official figures from the Ministry of Finance. This is MVR 175 million more than last year and MVR 1.3 billion higher than the MVR 378 million allocated in this year’s budget. The figures...
Two Maldivian families have been provided with assistance from a flooded area in Sri Lanka, High Commissioner of Maldives to Sri Lanka Masood Imad said on Sunday. The High Commissioner shared the latest information on the rains in the country during the ongoing telethon Ceylon aa eku Dhivehin. He...
“It is sunny now, but it could rain again shortly,” an official from the Maldives Meteorological Service (MET) said on Monday when contacted regarding current weather conditions. Weather across Maldives has been deteriorating due to the strong western monsoon and storms affecting neighbouring...
Employees of the Road Development Corporation (RDC) have donated a total of MVR 100,000, equivalent to one day’s salary, at the special telethon organised by Maldivian media on Sunday evening. The funds were received on behalf of PSM by Projects Land and Business Development Director Aishath...
Several police officers entered the Hulhumale’ Water Theme Park on Sunday evening and was seen carrying away an unconscious man. A Sun journalist at the scene reported that four police motorcycles arrived at 21:45, followed shortly by a police car. Officers were later seen exiting the area...
The State Electric Company Limited (STELCO) employee, who was seriously injured in a fire amidst efforts to resolve a power outage at some areas in Hulhumale’ Phase II on last Wednesday, has been transferred to Thailand for further treatment. Some areas in Hulhumale’ Phase I were affected by a...
The “Maldivians with Ceylon” telethon has been extended until 2.00 PM today after drawing an overwhelming nationwide response to support Sri Lanka, which is facing severe destruction, displacement and fatalities caused by heavy rains linked to storm Ditwah. Public Service Media announced the...
Mohamed Alsan Ismail, an immigration officer who admitted a charge of abusing official status to obtain money from foreign workers, was sentenced at the Criminal Court on Sunday. The case stems from an investigation into an operation involving staff within the Immigration Department. According to...
Sri Lankans working in the Maldives expressed heartfelt sentiments during the telethon organised by Maldivian media on Sunday evening to raise funds for victims of the disaster in neighbouring Sri Lanka. At least 334 people have been killed in floods and landslides, while more than 370 remain...
The Bank of Maldives (BML) has donated USD 25,000 to the special telethon organized by the Maldivian media to provide assistance to the people affected by Cyclone Ditwah. The telethon started at 09:00 on Sunday at the PSM studio. The telethon continued until 01:00. BML Managing Director Mohamed...
Police are responding to reports of a cargo vessel sinking with three people on board near Villimale’-Vaadhoo channel. Police said in a post on X that they received a call at 16:59 that a cargo vessel called Fehila was sinking off the channel between Villimale’ and Vaadhoo island, which can be...
Ibrahim Iyas, Managing Director of Island Aviation Services, the parent company of the national airline Maldivian, has announced that ticket prices for flights to foreign destinations have been reduced by an average of 15 percent. Speaking in an interview with state media to mark the government’s...