President Muizzu instructed the higher education ministry to provide student loans to all 806 eligible applicants for 500 slots announced this year.
The Maldives and India are negotiating a free trade agreement and investment treaty, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri told the press ahead of Prime Minister Modi's two-day state visit as the guest of honour for Independence Day celebrations on Saturday.
The central bank increased dollars allocated to banks by 10 percent to support telegraphic transfers and line of credit payments needed for imports. As a result, dollar support for small and medium-sized business could rise to 40 percent, MMA told the media.
President Muizzu attended the groundbreaking ceremony for a new 50-bed Noonu atoll hospital in Manadhoo – a MVR 185 million (US$ 12 million) project awarded to MTCC in April 2024 – before continuing his tour of the atoll and visiting the islands of Landhoo, Maalhendhoo, Kudafari and Holhudhoo. On his last stop, he announced plans to develop an airport in Vihafaru island. In Landhoo, he pledged to launch a project next year to develop handball courts nationwide.
Hassan Yameen, 30, who went missing on July 11, jumped off the Sinamalé bridge two days later, police informed the media, citing CCTV footage from 3:24am on July 13.
Former president Nasheed and MDP chairman Fayyaz met a group of about 200 party members to discuss the campaign for next year's council elections.
Public hospitals in the Malé region sought to hire 55 "patient support coordinators" to greet and provide assistance to patients and visitors.
HDC launched a coral cultivation project in the channel between Hulhumalé phases one and two, planting coral fragments on frames in partnership with the EPA and MMRI.
