Ahmed Ashraf
MTCC delivers resilient 2025 performance with MVR 2.13 billion revenue
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) strengthened its financial position in 2025 while maintaining a major pipeline of…
New rule: Expat salaries must go directly into local bank accounts
The Maldives has introduced new rules requiring employers to deposit expatriate workers’ salaries directly into bank accounts held…
Sri Lankan community clears 585kg of waste from Hulhumalé beach
The High Commission of Sri Lanka in the Maldives, in collaboration with MOPA, organised a beach clean-up at…
Visit Maldives MD Ibrahim Shiuree resigns citing personal reasons
Ibrahim Shiuree has resigned as Managing Director of Visit Maldives, citing personal reasons for his decision to step…
MMA wants salaries and domestic transactions shifted to Rufiyaa by 2030
The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) aims to make the Maldivian Rufiyaa the primary currency for domestic financial transactions…
Dhiraagu Malé Open draws over 420 swimmers in record turnout
The Dhiraagu Malé Open 2026 has concluded with more than 420 swimmers taking part, making this year's competition…
No one will be spared: Ihusaan warns resort chains and political figures over black market dollars
Minister of Homeland Security and Technology Ali Ihusaan has revealed that resort chains, construction companies and political figures…
President Muizzu, Tuvalu Deputy PM discuss sustainable investment and SIDS challenges
President Dr Mohamed Muizzu and Tuvalu's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Panapasi Nelesone,…
Small islands, big ideas: President Muizzu pushes new global narrative for SIDS
President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has called for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to be recognised as centres of…
Maldives closes tourism GST loophole, foreign booking platforms to pay tax
The People’s Majlis has passed an amendment to the Goods and Services Tax Act that will bring offshore…
No bullets, no lasers: India’s new anti-drone system fights with sound
Indian scientists have developed an acoustic counter-drone system capable of destabilising unauthorised drones using targeted sound waves, potentially…
“Check Boahiyaavahikan portal from tomorrow”: State Minister Nazim tells housing applicants
The Ministry of Housing, Land and Urban Development has urged applicants under the government's "Housing for All" programme…
President Muizzu’s Housing for All pledge advances as verification begins for 57,000 applications
The Ministry of Housing, Land and Urban Development has begun verifying applications for flats and land plots in…
Final segment installed, connecting Malé and Villimalé by bridge
Malé and Villimalé have been physically linked under the Thilamalé Bridge project after the final structural segment connecting…
Dollar blackmarket crackdown: MMA revokes Express Money Exchange licence
The Maldives Monetary Authority (MMA) has revoked the money-changing licence of Express Money Exchange Private Limited after regulatory…