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Sixty-six expatriate workers were arrested in a joint operation carried out by police and Maldives Immigration on Wednesday. Police said the operation was part of ongoing efforts to identify and deport immigrants without valid visas. According to Maldives Immigration, a total of 347 foreigners...
Last night, President Dr Mohamed Muizzu announced a major policy initiative to empower workers across the tourism, fisheries and construction sectors by establishing new Presidential Advisory Panels that will allow frontline employees to directly influence national decision making. Speaking at the...
The Bank of Maldives (BML) on Thursday signed a land acquisition agreement with the Ministry of Housing to develop 3,000 housing units under the government’s new national housing initiative. The Cabinet last month approved the launch of the Inclusive National Affordable Housing Scheme. Following...
Islamic Ministry has made an announcement on Thursday seeking a party to develop a software for nationwide Fitr Zakat collection. According to the announcement, the software is being developed for Maldives Zakat House’s use. Only registered small and medium enterprises can submit bid proposals...
President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has expressed heartfelt condolences to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the people of Türkiye following the fatal crash of a Turkish military cargo aircraft. In a post shared on X, President Muizzu extended his deepest sympathies to the families of the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has said that the state should have received about MVR 80 million last year from cases involving corruption. ACC members were summoned before the Parliamentary Budget Review Committee on Wednesday to discuss the proposed budget allocation for the commission in...
Maldives Customs has announced plans to increase employee salaries next year, while staying within the government’s proposed salary expenditure ceiling of MVR 270 million. Speaking during budget discussions, Commissioner General Fathimath Dhiyana said the Finance Ministry allocated MVR 270 million...
The Maldives National University (MNU) and the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Community Empowerment have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to subsidize fees for media-related courses, as part of a broader push to professionalize journalism in the country. The agreement was signed at a...
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has not been influenced by the government, and public doubts about its independence may arise due to the pace of investigations, ACC Chairperson Adam Shamil said Wednesday. Shamil made the statement while responding to a question from a member of the...
The Chinese Government Scholarship (CGS) program for the 2026/2027 academic year is now open for applications, with the Chinese Embassy in the Maldives serving as the official body responsible for accepting online submissions from Maldivian applicants. According to the Embassy, interested...
Speaker of the Parliament Abdul Raheem Abdulla has called on legislatures worldwide to take decisive action against cyber threats and other transnational crimes. He made the remarks while addressing the Inter-Parliamentary Speakers Conference (ISC) held in Islamabad, Pakistan. The conference,...
The application deadline for six scholarship opportunities under The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship (JDS), funded by the Government of Japan, for civil servants, has been extended. The applications for these scholarships, which opened on September 22nd, was initially set to...