When traveling abroad, try to avoid using ridesharing services and taxis like Uber and Grab, but rather use public transportation as much as possible. Tourists can buy transportation passes in countries like Singapore and Malaysia so they can travel by various modes of public transportation, including metro rail and buses. Let us find out how […]
Addressing a public rally north of the capital on Monday, Muizzu vowed there would be no Indian troops on Maldivian soil after May 10, when their withdrawal is expected to be complete. The Indians were deployed to operate three reconnaissance aircraft New Delhi had gifted to Male to patrol its vast maritime border. India is […]
Tensions between the neighbors escalated last month when three of Muizzu’s junior ministers reportedly called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “clown” and a “terrorist” in since-deleted social media posts. In another development, Maldives’ Defense Ministry accused India’s Coast Guard of entering its exclusive economic zone and harassing fishermen in three Maldivian trawlers. The Defense […]
The Chinese ship, Shi Yan 6, was allowed access to the port in Colombo in October, and Sri Lankan authorities later granted it 48 hours to conduct marine research after diplomatic pressure from Beijing. Another Chinese ship, Yuan Wang 5, which specializes in spacecraft tracking and which New Delhi has described as a spy ship, […]
The 19th NAM Summit, led by Uganda, is being held under the theme ‘Deepening Cooperation for Shared Global Prosperity’ and brings together over 120 developing countries on a platform of significant historical importance. India wholeheartedly supports Uganda’s theme for NAM and looks forward to engaging with NAM countries. The External Affairs Ministry release said that […]
With Beijing and New Delhi jostling for influence, Muizu was elected in September after promising to build “strong ties” with China and pulling out Indian troops. “We may be small, but that doesn’t give you license to bully us,” Muizzu said in concluding remarks in English. Muizzu has denied trying to recreate the regional balance […]
According to local newspaper reports, Nazim further said that Indian soldiers cannot stay in the Maldives and “this is what the people want”. “The most important thing is that Indian soldiers cannot stay in this country. This is the policy of this government. This is the promise of President Mohammad Muizzu and what the people […]
Muizzu this week embarked on his first state visit to China – the Maldives’ biggest external creditor – and on Thursday, the two sides issued a joint communiqué detailing the “broad consensus” reached by their two leaders. The statement published on state broadcaster CCTV said China vowed to “continue to provide assistance within its capacity […]
India’s Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment. “I will ensure that there is no foreign military presence on the soil of this country,” Muizzu said at his inauguration ceremony on Friday. It said Muizzu made the request to India’s Earth Sciences Minister Kiren Rijiju, who was representing India at the […]
“We are going to work together with all countries, India, China and all other countries,” he told AFP. Muizzu said he hoped to initiate talks with New Delhi on the return of Indian personnel deployed to operate the three aircraft gifted to Maldives. India traditionally considers the Maldives, a country of about 380,000 Sunni Muslims, […]
Rakib was unlucky in the 34th minute when his shot from Jamal Bhuiyan’s cross hit the bar. But Maldives got the equalizer just two minutes later when Ibrahim headed the ball towards the goal from a Hamza corner. Bangladesh regained their lead in the first minute after the break. Saad overlapped from the left to […]
The purpose of giving a brief description of the recently held or soon to be held elections in South Asian countries is that we too are going to see an election soon. Before every general election in Bangladesh, one of the most populous countries in South Asia, the country’s political dominance heats up over so-called […]
The Maldives occupies a strategically important position on one of the world’s busiest east-west shipping lanes in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Muizzu’s mentor, former President Abdullah Yameen, borrowed heavily from China for construction projects and spurned India. Solih was elected in 2018 out of dissatisfaction with Yameen’s increasingly autocratic rule, accusing him of […]
Maldivian leader Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was trailing in Saturday’s presidential election, preliminary results showed, setting the stage for a snap election later this month. Solih’s bid for a second term has turned into a referendum on his pursuit of new ties with India, the archipelagic nation’s traditional benefactor. Preliminary results show Solih in second place […]
Voters went to the polls in the Maldives on Saturday, with incumbent Ibrahim Mohamed Solih facing a tough election challenge again in the coral atoll of the Indian Ocean country. Solih is seeking a second term in a referendum that has turned into a referendum on his quest for new ties with India, the archipelagic […]