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50 companies fail to pay Business Profit Tax by April deadline: MIRA

President calls on country to put “national stability” ahead of political affiliations

31 companies express interest in Hulhumale’ residential development

High blood pressure “silent killer” of one in 10 Maldivians

High blood pressure – also referred to as hypertension – is a condition where blood vessels have a persistently raised pressure which can lead to heart attacks, heart failure, stroke, kidney failure, loss of vision, and premature death.

Maldivian suspects released in rape case of Indian teacher

A Bangladeshi suspect meanwhile remains in police custody, after he was arrested following the attack trying to board a boat to Male’.

Human Rights Ministry sends orphans to mental disability centre without psychiatric evaluation

The Maldives’ Ministry of Gender, Family and Human Rights has admitted transferring two children from the Villlingili island orphanage ‘Kudakudhunge Hiya’ to the Centre for People with Mental Disability on the island of Guraidhoo, without determining if they were in fact special needs children.

Letter: National Drug Agency response to Minivan News article on National Drug Use Survey

The National Drug Authority writes that the Minivan News article on February 20, ‘Experts lambast results of US$2 million National Drug Use Survey’, includes “misinformation, inaccuracies, and misinterpretations including a lot of factual errors.”

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