Good Morning Maldives: Thursday, 13 August 2026

Have feedback on our new format? Please let us know: https://forms.gle/1pwa4dU8E7J9Jmss8Good Morning Maldives covers today’s headlines: Parliament quickly passed new foreign‑exchange rules raising resort conversion rates while raising business thresholds, prompting former President Nasheed to warn of a dollar shortage and plan a protest. The government says it’s injecting more currency and secured a $50 million ADB loan for energy imports.Port operations will shift from Malé to Thilafushi in October, while Malé City Council creates an industrial zone, renovates Bondibai Park and bans tobacco in public. Other stories include a reversed civil‑court appointment, a counterfeit cancer‑drug alert, a customs drug seizure and Maziya’s loss in the AFC Challenge League.