The immigration department will stop granting work permits and issuing quotas in March.
The president also decided to form a new corporation to provide affordable housing.
The state-owned airline removed its director of flight operations as demanded by local staff.
The Maldives is ranked 124 out of 180 countries.
Eight-year-old Rawshan Jian was killed by a cement bag that fell from a construction site in Malé.
The fair will serve as a platform to increase memberships and raise funds.
It was the fifth death of a tourist this year.
The 17-year-old motorcyclist crashed into a parked pickup.
The 84-year-old man from the Czech Republic was the fourth tourist to drown this year.
Quotas were issued illegally under the previous government, the new immigration controller told the press.
The 66-year-old South Korean was snorkelling near the resort island.
A Bangladeshi man died last week as hospitals refuse to treat expatriates without passports or work permits.
A 23-year-old woman died at the police custodial centre on Dhoonidhoo island.
The 29-year-old man and 30-year-old woman were staying at a guesthouse.
