Maldives News

GMR Infrastructure Ltd, which was forced to give up a US$511 million international airport project in Male late last year over alleged irregularities in the bidding stage, is understood to have got a reprieve from an anti-corruption body of Maldives, which ruled out corruption in the process.

Maldives is due to hold presidential elections on September 7 while Nepal's interim election government headed by Chief Justice Khil Raj Regmi announced on Thursday that elections would be held on November 19. In the past 12 months or more, the Indian government has invited a series of visitors from Maldives and Nepal, both countries that are going ... (more)

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday urged the Maldives to respect its capital city's efforts to sign a sister-city agreement with Kaohsiung after the island-nation in the Indian Ocean announced that it will not recognize the agreement because of its "one China" policy.

'Maalifushi by COMO' will be the Thaa Atoll's first luxury resort - a secluded island retreat with a uniquely private location.

MALE, MALDIVES : Thai women have been warned about being lured into prostitution in the Maldives where a growing tourism market is drawing both job seekers and travellers.

For years, the public sector and civil society have agonised over how to get the private sector, with its billions in cash and millions of employees, involved in reducing the risks of disasters and adapting to climate change impacts such as rising sea levels.

Kolkata, June 9: Kolkata will reverberate with distorted notes of electric guitars and thick sounds of bass and drums on June 15 when metal bands from the Maldives, France and Dubai will come together for a musical extravaganza in the city.

A former Maldives president has expressed opposition to a plan by the United States to establish a foothold for its armed forces in his Indian Ocean island nation.

An aerial view shows a resort island at the Male Atoll, on Dec. 7, 2009. Maldives is home to some 400,000 islanders, whose livelihood from fishing and tourism is being hit by climate change.

New Delhi, June 4: Former Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom is on a three-day visit to India, officials said here Tuesday.

The president of Maldives was scheduled to arrive for an "official" visit to "Palestine" on Tuesday without planning a stopover in Israel, underlining the loss of one of Israel's few friends in the Muslim world.

The Maldives on Sunday assured the United States that the presidential election scheduled to be held in September will be free and fair.

Maldives Foreign Minister Abdul Samad Abdullah has asked Bangkok to consider waiving visa fees for Maldives nationals travelling to Thailand as the two countries move to strengthen their economic ties.

INSIDE OUT. A rough calculation in my mind takes me through more or less 60 airports in the world that I have been to.

On May 27, 2009, a white van filled with gunmen and C4 explosives arrived at the intelligence services headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan.

Getting to Vilamendhoo Island Resort in the Maldives involves a ten-hour direct flight from London to capital Male, followed by the 25-minute puddle-hop by seaplane.

Though at first glance Huvafen Fushi may resemble a James Bond villain's undersea lair, it is in fact the world's only submarine spa.