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With the establishment of Kurumba Village, the year 1972 marked the phenomenal birth of the Maldives' tourism industry. In 2022, the Maldives will celebrate the golden jubilee of the industry....
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Recent developments pertaining to Lakshadweep, an archipelago of 36 tiny islands 490 km off the coast of the South Indian state of Kerala, have thrown light on the strategic significance...
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Bangladeshi Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen criticises nations for stipulating conditions for vaccines supplies to other countries and for hoarding COVID-19 vaccines.
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On 22 June, local NGO ARC said that there were systemic flaws in the Maldives' child protection mechanism, and this was what had led to the death of a 13-year-old,...
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Further ease in restrictive measures imposed with drastic improvements in the number of positive cases seen over the last few weeks. There are still 71 islands under monitoring. Government also...
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The Bureau of National Statistics, on the International Day of Elderly Persons 2020, projected that by 2045 the Maldives' elderly population, those aged 65 and older, will have increased five...
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Halfway through the current administration, with 7,000 “Hiyaa” flats initiated by the previous administration still not handed over, many are becoming increasingly disillusioned by the thought that housing is just...
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On 10 June, Minister of Health Ahmed Naseem announced that an agreement has been signed with the State Trading Organization (STO) to procure 96 ambulances for use in the atolls. On...
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When Elon Musk, the pioneer of Tesla as well as SpaceX, two companies that have been changing the world at an unprecedented rate, announced his plans for globalised internet accessibility,...
