Home Minister Imran Abdulla opens the new premise of the hoarafushi police station. In the opening ceremony Minister Imran and Police commissioner Mohamed Hameed hoisted the Maldives national flag and the Maldives police flag.
Minister Imran spoke at this c...
Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has revealed the airport development project in Hoarafushi, Haa Alifu Atoll can be completed by the end of September.
MTCC completed the dredging and reclamation of 842,200 cubic metres of land required for...
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...
KELAA DHANDI GROUP
Age group of performers: 15 – 35 years old
Average no. of performers: 30
Kelaa Dhandi Group is a group of youth living in Male’ who are proud of the culture and heritage of Kelaa. They strive to preserve their traditions through partici...
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced the Hdh. As of 1 January 2020 Kulhudhuffushi will be designated as a city.
With the change, Kulhudhuffushi will become the fourth city of Maldives and the first northern city of the archipelago.
A council will be...
Maafaru International Airport on Maafaru island of Noonu atoll is slated to be opened on the 1st of December, and will operate international flights.
The airport financed with the grant aid of USD 60 million from the United Arab Emirates's (UAE) Abu Dhabi F...
Haa Alif Atoll Council held the Thila Uthuru Aruthaverin Awards ceremony held in Dhidhdhoo.
The awards are an initiative of the Haa Alif Atoll Council to celebrate the achievements and contributions of local councils, students, individual citizens, associat...
Nishaan, Abdullah Shafeeq (Vaathy Shafeeq) from Dhidhdhoo who started fishing at the age of fifteen with his father received the National Award of encouragement in line of fishing from the field of fishing.
Shafeeq got interested in fishing due to the spec...
A contract has been awarded to V-Ava Investment Private Limited by the Ministry of Education to construct a 4 story building in H Dh. Kulhudhuffushi School.
In a special ceremony the agreement was signed by State Minister Ahmed Riyaz on behalf of the Minis...
