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Maldives and Pakistan set USD 200 million trade target as 20 agreements are exchangedPakistan's prime minister announced the two-year target during President Muizzu's state visit, the first by a Maldivian president in 11 years, according to Tribune. Muizzu endorsed it, Arab News reports.
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India has approved a rollover of the INR 30 billion swap the Maldives drew in April. Worth about US$311 million, it is close to twice the country's usable reserves. What the decision relieves, what it does not, and the path of Indian support ahead.
Fathimath Saairaa
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President Muizzu has called for SAARC's revival and offered the Maldives' good offices. Nine years without a summit have left South Asia the world's least integrated region — under 5% intra-regional trade across a bloc of 1.94 billion people.
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The Ministry recorded stronger revenue in the first half of 2026, but an even larger rise in expenditure. Subsidies and grants drove much of the increase, while the primary surplus narrowed sharply.
Fathimath Saairaa
A government survey of 3,047 departing tourists finds strong destination loyalty and unusually high satisfaction. Its short, single-airport sampling window and an incomplete spending chapter, however, mean it establishes less about the economic value of tourism than its headline findings suggest.
Fathimath Saairaa
Moody's raised the Maldives to Caa1 on 8 October 2026, its first upgrade since it began rating the country in 2016. Here is what the upgrade means, the six reforms since 2024 that earned it, and the numbers that show each one working.
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Operation Economic Outcast has moved US sanctions from named targets to whole sectors, from principals to service providers, and onto the world’s correspondent banks. How the dollar reaches the Maldives, what the new rules are, and what they mean for a small economy that lives on the dollar
Fathimath Saairaa
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Critics see the Ras Malé rolling lease as a risk. We argue it supports development: it stops leases losing value, helps pay for infrastructure and gives the State income from every sale, while the land is never sold. We list the conditions it must meet.
Fathimath Saairaa
Dr Abdulla Muththalib
The state utility has formally taken over Fuvahmulah City’s electricity from Fenaka. Its leadership spent the handover at the engine house, with the staff and at the city office.
The state utility has taken charge of the Kulhudhuffushi power station for the second time, weeks after restoring idle generators in Addu.
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