Deferred Wage, Suction Dredger, Green Tax
Business news from September 17 to 23: minimum wage delayed for foreign workers; MTCC inaugurates Bodu Jarraafa dredger; and legal changes ensure collection of green tax.
Business news from September 17 to 23: minimum wage delayed for foreign workers; MTCC inaugurates Bodu Jarraafa dredger; and legal changes ensure collection of green tax.
News from September 10 to 16: census taking begins after eight years; southern councillors gather for decentralisation conference; and inaugural Maldives Broadcast Awards handed out.
Business news from September 10 to 16: MIRA to “name-and-shame” tax evaders; Al Shaali contracted to build speedboat ferries; and travel agency boss criticises delay in formulating rules for use of cryptocurrency.
News from September 3 to 9: Minibus service introduced in congested capital; ex-vice president testifies against former boss; and government plans to clear graveyard to build parking lot.
Business news from September 3 to 9: finance minister assures ability to repay external debt; government proposes indefinitely delaying minimum wage for expatriates; and Manta Air launches flights to Hoarafushi airport.
News from August 27 to September 2: Bangladeshi man in sex tapes with Maldivian men sentenced to seven months; two Indians arrested with spy cameras; and long-awaited redevelopment begins in Malé’s Ameenee Magu thoroughfare.
Business news from August 27 to September 2: legal changes ensure green tax collection; the ‘Food and Hospitality Asia Maldives’ exhibition returns; and Maldives ranks third among countries with highest external debt to China.
News from August 20 to 26: MDP averts crisis after Nasheed withdraws proposal for parliamentary system; state minister stabbed in Hulhumalé; and bridge platform remains stuck in Vilimalé reef.
Business news from August 20 to 26: state owed MVR15 billion in unpaid taxes and resort land rent; BML’s American Express Debit Card authorised for foreign purchases; and STO hopes to set up bunkering facilities in northernmost atoll by end of 2022.
News from August 13 to 19: the two main parties shifted gears for next year’s presidential election, the MDP congress to decide on transition to rule by the legislature, and a bridge platform ran aground on the Vilimalé reef.
Business news from August 13 to 19: STO reduced the price of petrol and diesel, HDC auctioned the sale of 74 plots from Hulhumalé, and Addu City Council leased land for guesthouses and hotels.