Maldives

Maldives Speaker of Parliament and former President, Mohamed Nasheed yesterday reiterated an invitation that Sri Lankan Muslim COVID-19 victims can be buried in the Maldives.

Maldives Foreign Minister, Abdulla Shahid yesterday said that following a request by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Maldives President Ibrahim Solih was consulting Maldivian stakeholders to assist Sri Lanka in facilitating the burial of Muslim COVID-19 victims.

Muslims want to be buried in Sri Lanka and some Maldivians wonder if there is enough space in their tiny country.

The Maldives government, last week sent an official communique to the Sri Lankan Foreign Ministry, stepping in to bury COVID-19 victims following serious concerns raised by the Muslim community here over the mandatory cremation only policy in Sri Lanka.

India’s National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is expected to take up the issue of the Colombo Port’s Eastern Container Terminal with Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval and Maldives Defence Minister, Mariya Didi will arrive in the country on Friday to hold bilateral discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa

The immediate and long term objectives of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's whirlwind tour of South and South East Asia days before the US Presidential election

The renewed emphasis on defence cooperation and improving security relationships in the region comes as Quadrilateral Security Dialog - "The Quad", composed of the US, Japan, India and Australia are deepening their security cooperation, according to the US think tank RAND.

Colombo, September 11 (newsin.asia) - World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Sri Lanka for eliminating rubella and mother to child transmission of HIV and congenital syphilis. General Tedros on Twitter posted his message saying, “I congratulate Sri Lanka for eliminating rubella & mother to child transmission of HIV & congenital syphilis, the Maldives for eliminating rubella and...

India provided financial support under the grant assistance of USD 6.9 million (MVR 106 million) extended to Maldives by the Indian government in March 2019