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When the first ever revolutionary ‘Mashuni’ can hit the shelves, the nation was taken by storm. The company that had come up with the invention could not keep up with...
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Dr. Hussain Sunny Umar is the founder of Maldives Halal Travel; MFR sat down with Dr. Umar for his unique insights.
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Good news for inspired entrepreneurs to craft their ideas into reality - the Bank of Maldives (BML) announced the BML Startup Grant earlier this week. This grant will be awarded...
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A 2019 New York Times article states that since 2016, the number of Muslim travellers have grown nearly 30 percent. Similarly, a 2018 joint study by MasterCard and Crescent Rating,...
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This year marks 50 years since tourism was introduced in the Maldives and the industry has come a long way from its humble beginnings when George Corbin, an Italian travel...
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Sometimes, what has been so deeply ingrained in our way of life gets overlooked when considering development and benchmarking, in terms of economic importance. In the case of the Maldives,...
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China is assiduously cultivating North Sri Lankan Tamil fishermen in an effort to fill a gap created by India’s inaction in regard to the suffering these fishermen undergo as a...
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As has been talked about for quite a while now, 2022 has been lauded as the golden year of tourism for the Maldives. With 50 years of hospitality successfully enjoyed,...
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On 29 November 2021 the Maldives’ retail economy was virtually brought to a standstill. The Bank of Maldives, while doing some routine upgrades — that the company had failed to...
