A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.

Archive - September 2017

Business • Tourism

Maldives Travel Awards: Guesthouse Edition Open for Nomination

September 4, 2017

Aviation • Business

Blackstone Looking to Sell Seaplane Operator in the Maldives

September 4, 2017

Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, who tried to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh to escape sectarian violence, are kept under watch by Bangladeshi security officials in Teknaf on December 25, 2016. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) personnel have intercepted 34 boats carrying some 340 Rohingyas at border points near Cox's Bazar. / AFP PHOTO / STR

Maldives severes economics ties with Myanmar

September 4, 2017

Legal • Politics

Lawyers slam ‘shameful’ treatment of Gasim

September 4, 2017

Diplomacy • Politics

Maldives condemns atrocities committed against Rohingya Muslims; will cease all trade ties with Myanmar – Press Releases

September 4, 2017

From the Food and Hospitality Asia Maldives (FHAM) 2017. PHOTO/MIHAARU

Business • Tourism

FHAM brings new focus to Maldives’ tourism

September 3, 2017

scale model of dredger

MTCC’s mountainous dredger to be brought to Maldives in October

September 3, 2017

FLAG OF NORTH KOREA

Diplomacy • Politics

N. Korean delegation heads to Maldives for regional meeting of WHO

September 2, 2017

Police officers on scene of an accident in Hulhumale.

Society & Culture

Elderly man dies after Hulhumale accident

September 2, 2017