Today: the Maldives in the news, story by story

• more than 150 rooms in the Manhattan Grand Hotel Sun English
• 250-room rooms in the original five-star hotel plan Sun English
• 2006 year year STO board approved city hotel plans Sun English
• 2011 year year construction began Sun English
• more than a decade and a half time the project remained in limbo Sun English

As written in each story; never added up or compared.

• Finance & banking2

  ↑ 1 more than last week · Progress on BML housing project as first 182 apartments enter concrete phase 4 outlets

• Construction & property1

  ↓ 12 fewer than last week · BML seeks builders for Hulhumale' head office project 2 outlets

• Energy & utilities1

  same as last week · First-ever manned drone demo in Maldives attracts delighted crowd

• Tourism & hospitality1

  ↓ 2 fewer than last week · Long-delayed Hulhumale' City Hotel opens as Manhattan Grand Hotel 9 outlets

• Trade & customs1

  ↑ 1 more than last week · Customs Seizes 3.15kg of Synthetic Drugs in Postal Parcels

• Transport & ports1

  ↓ 1 fewer than last week · First-ever manned drone demo in Maldives attracts delighted crowd