A ruling party lawmaker has slammed a damning World Bank report on the state of the Maldivian economy as an act of jealousy, while ministers said...
The Maldivian economy slowed to just 1.9 percent growth in 2015, knocked by a slowdown in tourism arrivals and a number of booking cancellations following a...
The Maldivian government is no longer interested in expanding its luxury tourism sector because of the large number of islands and lagoons leased out in a...
President Abdulla Yameen’s claim that the European Union had revoked duty-free status for Maldives tuna over the country's failure to implement freedom of religion and homosexual...
The Bank of Maldives has moved its US dollar sales to its bazaar branch in a bid to speed up services for Maldivians requiring foreign exchange...
Ooredoo Maldives signed an agreement today with State Electric Company (STELCO) to enable customers to pay electricity bills via mobile service.
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives grew by 2.4 percent in March despite a continuing decline in the number of Chinese visitors. After falling 20 percent in...
Maldives revenues fell 8.2 percent below forecasts in March because of non-payment of taxes and a drop in tourist arrivals, the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority has...
President Abdulla Yameen unveiled Wednesday a US$800million plan to expand the Maldives’ main airport. The project, to be financed entirely by loans, was risky, but its...
Tourist arrivals to the Maldives remained unchanged in February with 120,639 arrivals, just a 0.1percent increase compared to the same period last year.
The fisheries ministry is cancelling auctions of four protected islands in the Baa Atoll UNESCO biosphere reserve following a social media outcry.
The Abu Dhabi Fund for Development has pledged a US$40million loan to develop the Maldives' main airport, the finance ministry has said. The government is also...
An opposition MPhas pleged to spend US$5million on upgrading a healthpost to a hospital in the island of Fokaidhoo in northern Shaviyani Atoll.
The tax authority reported an extraordinary increase of 66.1percent in February revenues, off the back of an increase in tourist arrivals in January. Total income reached...
Despite questions over safety for tourists, the Maldives-sponsored international tourism and trade fair ITB Berlin was a major success, Tourism Minister Moosa Zameer has said.
Mobile phone users in the Maldives can now switch mobile phone supplier, but retain their existing numbers, the Communication Authority of Maldives has announced.
Finance minister Abdulla Jihad signed off on two contracts worth a total of US$260million for the construction of an office complex and a new wing of...
