“Dhevi Hifaafa” is the first local surf magazine of Maldives. It was launched at a ceremony held at the Head Office of the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Cooperation (MMPRC) on 2nd September 2020. The geniuses behind this elite magazine are Nahshal N...
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has been contracted to built a new 100 passenger capacity terminal and fire building at Hoarafushi Airport located in Haa Alif atoll. The project priced at MVR 16,131,042.02 requires the company to finish th...
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has today appointed Dr Abdulla Mausoom as the Minister of Tourism. Dr Mausoom took his oath of office today with Supreme Court Justice, Uz Mahaz Ali Zahir, presiding over a special ceremony held at the President’s Office this af...
Ministry of Finance has revealed SME Development Finance Corporation (SDFC) has disbursed loans for 1,427 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) under the COVID-19 Recovery Loan Scheme introduced by the government to assist local businesses affected by the...
Dhiraagu has launched its high-speed Fibre Broadband in R. Maduvvaree. With this new expansion of our Fibre-to-the-home, we are allowing the island community to enhance their digital experience and join the largest and the fastest fibre network in the c...
Minister of Fisheries, Marine Resources and Agriculture, Zaha Waheed stated that government plans to construct and develop ice plants in seven islands, including HA. Dhidhoo, over the course of this year. While answering to Government Oversight Committee of...
Shaheed (Martyr) Corporal Hussain Adam, was a Maldivian soldier who died while defending the Maldives National Defence Force headquarters, during the 1988 Maldives coup d'état on 3 November 1988. His heroic actions that day was one of the key reasons why the i...
Sikundi Kulhi, found in Shaviyani Milandhoo, is a freshwater body with a total area of 11,700 m2. The kulhi gets its name from the abundant amount of freshwater shrimp (dingaa) found in it. Locals refer to the shrimp as ‘sikundi’, which led to the name Sikundi...
When your country is made up of 1190 islands, there are bound to be many untouched hidden gems ready to be explored. HA. Kelaa is just one of these many gems, but one that will definitely leave an impression if you visit. Since 99% of the Maldives is water, a...
It is usually Addu at the southern tip of the Maldives that is renown for the British presence. Most people overlook the fact that the British also had a base in the northern tip of the Maldives, even if it was fleeting. In 1945, the British established a stag...
In the 1980s, it was in the interest of the Japanese Government to build three radar stations in the Maldives to track ships in Maldivian waters. While deciding where to base these stations, the first location considered was in Hdh. Hanimaadhoo. However, build...
Kelaa is an inhabited island found in the northern most atoll in the Maldives, Haa Alif. It is home to a unique reef formation, boasts a magnificent beach area, and is ripe with the telltale signs of tropical paradise: palms on palms on palms. In addition to t...
Mangroves are specially adapted plants usually found where freshwater bodies meet ocean water. Most of the world’s mangroves are found in areas where the river meets the ocean. The mangrove ecosystems in the Maldives are mostly situated around enclosed or sem...
“WATER AND AIR, THE TWO ESSENTIAL FLUIDS ON WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS, HAVE BECOME GLOBAL GARBAGE CANS.” ~ JACQUES COUSTEAU Meet our green bins that are ready to take up the fight against littering and plastic pollution! IDEAS donated eight bins to the Kel...
