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GST Amendment Seeks to Tax Foreign Tourism Sales: What the Destination Principle Means for the Maldives

A guesthouse in the Maldives sells a room for the night. It charges GST, because the law requires it. A company in another country...

HEP Muizzu takes the hard road on the reforms the Maldives kept deferring

Every serious assessment of the Maldivian economy over the past two decades has said a version of the same thing. The country earns its...

HEP Muizzu takes the hard road on the reforms the Maldives kept deferring

Every serious assessment of the Maldivian economy over the past two decades has said a version of the same thing. The country earns its...

President issues new decree to set minimum investment thresholds for cross‑subsidy projects

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has issued a new Presidential Decree to govern the eligibility of projects for cross‑subsidy investment and stipulating the minimum investment thresholds that...

President Muizzu Delivers on Promise as PayPal Officially Launches in the Maldives

President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has delivered on yet another key promise, with PayPal now officially available in the Maldives. The President personally launched the...

Fitch Upgrades Maldives Credit Rating to ‘CCC-‘ After Sukuk Repayment Eases Default Risk

Fitch Ratings raised the Maldives' long-term foreign-currency credit rating to 'CCC-' from 'CC' on Wednesday, signaling that the threat of an imminent default has...

Bangkok Airways and Air India Pause Maldives Flights as Fuel Crisis Reshapes Regional Aviation

The Maldives is facing renewed pressure on its air connectivity after two carriers, Bangkok Airways and Air India, suspended service on routes linking the...

Naagoashi resort development accelerates as mockup rooms near completion

Development work on the tourist resort of Naagoashi in the Haa Dhaalu Atoll is advancing rapidly, Ahmed Niyaz, the Managing Director of the Maldives...

Muizzu Signs Pension Reform Law Expanding Access to Housing, Healthcare and Hajj

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has ratified the sixth amendment to the Maldives Pension Act, introducing a series of reforms that expand how citizens can...

UK Lifts Tuna Tariffs in Major Win for Maldives’ Sustainable Pole-and-Line Fishery

The United Kingdom has suspended import tariffs on tuna effective 20 May 2026, delivering a long-awaited boost to the Maldives' pole-and-line tuna industry and...

Maldives Diving Tragedy Exposes Regulatory Gaps as Nation Mourns Six Lives Lost

The deaths of five Italian divers in an underwater cave system off Vaavu Atoll, followed by the loss of a Maldivian military rescue diver...

MNDF Diver Dies During Search Operation for Missing Italian Divers in Felidhu Atoll

A diver with the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) has died during an operation to recover four missing Italian divers in Felidhu Atoll. The MNDF...

Maldivian Pilgrims Receive Warm Welcome in Makkah

A group of 238 Maldivian pilgrims travelling to perform the Hajj this year received a warm welcome upon their arrival in Makkah on Friday...

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The growth of the tourism sector is dependent on...

Minister Urges More Oversight from Four Pillars of Gov’t, People to Strengthen Decentralised Governance

The Minister of Cities, Local Government and Public Works,...

2025 to be a year of development project launches and economic recovery: The President

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has stated that 2025 will...

Maldives Sends Condolences to Vanuatu Following Devastating Earthquake

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Abdulla Khaleel has sent...
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