Prosecution threshold, thalassemia fixes and guesthouse financing
News in brief from Monday, March 24.
25 Mar, 10:51 AM
The Prosecutor General decided there were “no grounds to pursue criminal charges” against President Muizzu over an alleged threatening phone call to Adhadhu CEO Hussain Fiyaz Moosa. The alleged act of intimidation did not meet the legal threshold for assault threats under the penal code or the Prevention of Dangerous Weapons Act, the PG office said.
Ahmed Mausoom was appointed as the new director general of the Maldives Blood Services, which opened applications for five registered nurses following President Muizzu's promise to fix deteriorating thalassaemia services.
The Bank of Maldives installed ATMs across all inhabited islands in Haa Alif atoll and introduced a guesthouse financing scheme for the northernmost atoll that accepts proposed properties as the sole mortgage security.
A Facebook post from a Quran teacher who characterised men cooking and washing dishes as shameful and effeminate went viral on social media. Amid the fierce backlash, a female religious scholar shared a photo of her husband cooking and strongly objected to the notion that men doing household chores diminishes their masculinity, citing examples from the life of Prophet Mohamed.
MTCC was contracted to build an Islamic center in Shaviyani Milandhoo.
STELCO awarded an MVR 12 million (US$ 778,210) project to build a new powerhouse and customer service building in Kaafu Thulusdhoo in 175 days.
Maldives Zakat House collected MVR 7.6 millions as Fitr Zakat during the first 20 days of Ramadan.
Maldivian MBBS graduates can now complete their medical internships in five new colleges in Bangladesh, the health ministry announced.
More than 5,700 children have enrolled to start the first grade in the new academic year in April, including nearly 2,000 applications from the Malé region, the education ministry revealed. The minister announced that a new school under construction in Hulhumalé phase two will be ready to open next month.
The Islamic ministry announced locations for Eid prayers with mass congratulations at stadiums across Malé, Villimalé and Hulhumalé.