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Maldives President reaffirms support for independent Palestinian state 2 outlets, first reported 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

Good evening · Thursday 12 November · Maldives time

Week in brief

Weather

28°C

Overcast · feels like 31°

Sunrise & sunset

05:52–17:48

Calculated for Malé

Dollar 23.57 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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Happening todayThursday, 12 November was declared a government holiday, combining with the Republic Day holiday on 11 November.

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Numbers

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Total index 109.09Index Sep 2026 · MMA +0.3% vs previous +1.2% vs a year earlier Inflation rate 1.17% Sep 2026 · MMA +0.4 pts vs previous -2.6 pts vs a year earlier Total tourist arrivals 148,801Tourists Sep 2026 · MMA -23.8% vs previous -0.5% vs a year earlier Occupancy rate 44.10% Sep 2026 · MMA -14.8 pts vs previous -2.6 pts vs a year earlier

Promises

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234 promises4 kept · 0 broken

Next due · Nov 2026 Deliver the Healthy Senior Citizens Programme, running for one year in monthly batches wi… Promised Medium impact

Due in the next 30 days Deliver the Healthy Senior Citizens Programme, running for …Due in 4 days Complete its examination of the proposed MVR 59.7 billion S…Due in 7 days Generate 1,500 job opportunities for young people and give …Due in 2 weeks Past their deadline1 promise

Latest development · 7 Nov A National Quran Centre branch opened in Maavah, with nine more registered and 12 applica… Partly kept Minister of Finance and Public Enterprises Hassan Zareer

What the news is about

stories, last 7 days · as of 20:48

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Construction & property17
↓ 90 fewer than last week · Tornado hits Lhaimagu, causing extensive damage 7 outlets
Finance & banking13
↓ 68 fewer than last week · Vice President wraps up Maldives’ participation in 28th CHOGM 5 outlets
Public finance & tax13
↓ 63 fewer than last week · India and Saudi Arabia forecast to lead bilateral grant support... 2 outlets
Tourism & hospitality12
↓ 40 fewer than last week · Long-delayed Hulhumale' City Hotel opens as Manhattan Grand Hotel 9 outlets
Transport & ports9
↓ 35 fewer than last week · Ministries partner to strengthen electric vehicle maintenance... 3 outlets
Health8
↓ 27 fewer than last week · Maldives receives regional award for excellence in primary healthcare 6 outlets

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All Construction & property 216Finance & banking 187Public finance & tax 178Tourism & hospitality 126Transport & ports 118Health 110Trade & customs 110Education 83 Energy & utilities 65 Telecom & digital 60 Fisheries & agriculture 56

Tourism & hospitality Maldives and Bangladesh Target Trade Growth via Dhaka Business Summit Corporate Maldives 31 Oct Malé Source

Finance & banking Fayyaz responds to allegations regarding a loan taken for resort development! Raajje (English) 30 Oct Source

Construction & property Government will not compromise national interests over Rasmalé... MM TV (English) 30 Oct Baarah 500 hectares Area of Rasmalé covered by the wa… Source

Public finance & tax Tourist arrivals for this year are no longer expected to reach initial projections: Zareer Raajje (English) 29 Oct 23 percent Decline in tourist arrivals in Ma… Source

Public finance & tax Tourist arrivals expected to fall short of previous record Adhadhu (English) 29 Oct 2.4 million tourist arrivals assumed for curr… Source

Public finance & tax Maldives targets 2.5 million tourist arrivals in 2027 One Online 29 Oct Addu City 2.5 million Tourist arrivals target for 2027 Source

Fisheries & agriculture · Press release 3rd meeting of the National Trade Facilitation Committee Held Ministry of Economic Development & Trade 29 Oct Source

Public finance & tax This year was about shielding Maldives from debt and economic shocks: Zareer The Edition 29 Oct MVR 11.7 billion debt repayments Source

Construction & property Nothing untoward with Rasmale', agreement will be sent to Parliament: President 3 outlets 29 Oct 500-hectare size of the proposed Rasmale' dev… Source

Construction & property No leader opposed Zionism more than me: President The Edition 29 Oct 25 percent maximum land ownership cap per na… Source

Construction & property No alcohol, pork or casinos will be allowed in Rasmalé, President Muizzu assures 2 outlets 29 Oct Hulhumalé USD 20 billion Value of the proposed Rasmalé Wat… Source

Tourism & hospitality Armenia’s Shirak Avia to launch weekly Maldives flights in November MM TV (English) 29 Oct Malé USD 455 one-way fare Source

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