Tag: Maldives

India, May 6 (Reuters) : The cricket board (BCCI) in coronavirus-hit India will help to move Australia’s entire Indian Premier League (IPL) cohort to the Maldives or Sri Lanka, Cricket Australia boss Nick Hockley said on Wednesday. The IPL was suspended indefinitely on Tuesday as India’s COVID-19 crisis escalates, but the decision left Australian and other foreign participants looking for ...

April 26 (India Today) - Maldives has been trending on social media ever since Bollywood celebrities started flocking to the island country for exotic holidays. Since 2020, the pristine beaches, the blue waters and the breathtaking sky of the Maldives have been a constant on our social media feed. Of course, in addition to the mesmerising photos of our very ...

While 2021 feels like a rehash of 2020, albeit with the availability of vaccines in many countries, travelling still seems like a luxury to many.

China has cemented itself as one of Maldives' most important and reliable partners," said President Ibrahim Solih.

While India aids infrastructure development, Maldives looks to China for tourists and debt relief

The world is familiar with "Medical Tourism" but COVID-19 has introduced a new genre "Vaccine Tourism" which the Maldives is to launch soon to attract tourists to its sun-kissed isles.

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.

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 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