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Good evening · Wednesday 11 November · Maldives time
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27°C
Showers · feels like 32°
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05:52–17:48
Calculated for Malé
Dollar 23.23 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. 495 FDC flats in Hulhumalé behind on rent payments
  2. Maldives exit SAFF Championship after 1-0 defeat to India
  3. Safety measures in place following TMA seaplane incident

Promise due todayComplete and operationalise the Thilafushi port, reducing current 9- and 14-day waits for unloading goods to less than three days. the government

Happening todayThe government aims to sign the definitive agreement for the Rasmalé deal.

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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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234 promises4 kept · 0 broken
Due in the next 30 days Complete and operationalise the Thilafushi port, reducing c…Due todayDeliver the Healthy Senior Citizens Programme, running for …Due in 5 daysComplete its examination of the proposed MVR 59.7 billion S…Due in 8 days

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Construction & property · Opinion The Gulf between Pres. Muizzu’s Victory Day rhetoric and the truth Raajje (English) Malé Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax · Opinion Victory Day event becomes platform for bashing previous regime Raajje (English) Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Public finance & tax · Opinion Saeed: a real inherited burden for Maldivians Raajje (English) Maavah Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Education · Opinion Are future generations missing the actual point of Victory Day? Raajje (English) Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Society · Opinion The freedom they defended, the future we inherited MM TV (English) Kulhudhuffushi approximately 80 size of armed group that entered … Source (opens MM TV (English) in a new tab)
Other · Opinion Respected national figures entangled in state politics as public alarm grows Raajje (English) Malé over 32 years years of armed service by Moosa A… Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Politics · Opinion Playing the Chagos card out of pure desperation Raajje (English) Malé Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Construction & property · Opinion Public is questioning whether this is a serious government or a group performing a comedy show Raajje (English) over 4,000 staff employed by RDC Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Finance & banking · Opinion 11/17 advisories spark questions as nations issue identical preparedness messages Sun English Source (opens Sun English in a new tab)
Tourism & hospitality · Opinion Strategic autonomy or strategic exposure? Maldives Independent Source (opens Maldives Independent in a new tab)
Politics · Opinion Pres. Muizzu vs undeniable record on banning Israeli passports Raajje (English) upwards of 12 months Time the immigration bill reporte… Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)
Construction & property · Opinion Selling out national sovereignty and legal boundaries for Ras Malé housing Raajje (English) Malé upward of 500 hectares territory to be leased to an over… Source (opens Raajje (English) in a new tab)

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