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Good morning · Sunday 15 November · Maldives time
Week in brief
Weather
27°C
Light showers · feels like 29°
Sunrise & sunset
05:53–17:49
Calculated for Malé
Dollar 23.53 street, a crowd’s report 15.42 official, MMA · 30 Sep

Weather is a model’s estimate for Malé from Open-Meteo, not a Met Service report.

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  1. President calls for mutual respect and dignity at launch of national initiative
  2. High Court rules president need not testify in Adhadhu documentary defamation case
  3. President Muizzu returns home after COP31 in Türkiye 8 outlets
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Total index 109.09Index Sep 2026 · MMA up+0.3% vs previous up+1.2% vs a year earlier Inflation rate 1.17% Sep 2026 · MMA up+0.4 pts vs previous down-2.6 pts vs a year earlier Total tourist arrivals 148,801Tourists Sep 2026 · MMA down-23.8% vs previous down-0.5% vs a year earlier Occupancy rate 44.10% Sep 2026 · MMA down-14.8 pts vs previous down-2.6 pts vs a year earlier

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335 promises4 kept · 0 broken
Due in the next 30 days Deliver the Healthy Senior Citizens Programme, running for …Due in 1 dayincrease the amount of US dollars it sells through commerci…Due in 3 daysComplete its examination of the proposed MVR 59.7 billion S…Due in 4 days Past their deadline1 promise

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Finance & banking MACL mortgages runway and land for $56 million loan from BML Adhadhu (English) Hulhule $56 million loans secured from BML Source (opens Adhadhu (English) in a new tab)
Construction & property MP Shakir seeks details of PSIP projects Adhadhu (English) Kunahandhoo MVR 8.2 billion PSIP budget proposed for 2027 Source (opens Adhadhu (English) in a new tab)
Construction & property Manhattan Grand begins operations after nearly two decades in... MM TV (English) Hulhumalé 162 rooms hotel rooms Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Health Budget 2027: Bulk medicine purchases to cut Aasandha costs by 14.6% MM TV (English) Hulhumalé MVR 387.7 million budget for healthcare needs of mi… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Education Ahmadhiyya and CHSE Hulhumalé secure places in MMA FinLit Fest... 3 outlets : MM TV (English), The Standard, One Online Hulhumalé Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax Budget 2027: MVR 815 million allocated as judiciary block grant MM TV (English) MVR 815 million judiciary block grant in proposed… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax Tax revenue rises by 9% to MVR 26.69 billion MM TV (English) 26.69 billion tax revenue collected Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Energy & utilities HFC phase-down must align with energy-efficient cooling: State... MM TV (English) Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Energy & utilities Budget 2027: Economic and industrial development spending... MM TV (English) Malé 9.6 billion economic and industrial developme… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax State revenue from airport taxes and fees climbs to MVR 3.3 billion 3 outlets : MM TV (English), The Standard, One Online MVR 3.3 billion Revenue from airport taxes and fe… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax Government owed MVR 14.5 billion in unpaid revenue MM TV (English) MVR 14.5 billion total unpaid tax and non-tax reve… Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Tourism & hospitality Long-delayed Hulhumale' City Hotel opens as Manhattan Grand Hotel 9 outlets : Sun English, The Standard, PSM News and 6 more Hulhumalé more than 150 rooms in the Manhattan Grand Hotel Source (opens Sun English in a new tab)

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