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Apple was briefly valued at USD3 trillion on Monday, 3 January 2022, just over a year after the company first surpassed USD2 trillion in value and three years since it...
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COVID-19 is here to stay. Eradicating diseases like polio, measles, and even tuberculosis through vaccination was a comparably easier task, given the fact that the Novel Coronavirus is one that...
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The Chinese Foreign Minister, Wang Yi, is on a swing through the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) from January 4 to 9. Wang’s trip spans the IOR from the East African...
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On 25 December, the first test flight landed at Madivaru Airport. The airport construction project was awarded to China's Beijing Urban Construction Group in May 2018.
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On 18 December, UNICEF Maldives said that the Maldives has received 100,620 doses of Pfizer vaccines, donated by the United States through COVAX.
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Umar Zahir. The name brings up images of a man riding a bicycle on the streets of Malé, a humble, down-to-earth individual, loved and respected by many, who had always...
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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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On 11 December, the Health Protection Agency (HPA) reported 218 new COVID-19 cases, increasing the total number of cases in the country to 93,064 cases.
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On 4 December, High Commissioner of Bangladesh Nazmul Hassan said that there are close to 100,000 Bangladeshi workers in the Maldives, half of whom are undocumented.