A Irish poet and human rights activist Michael D. Higgins was officially confirmed as his country’s ninth president on Saturday after winning nearly 57 percent of the vote in the final count. The 70-year-old former culture minister for the Labour party, the junior partner in the coalition government in Dublin, staged a remarkable comeback to [...]

Kevin Pietersen smashed 53 off 39 balls as England finally found success on their Indian tour with a six-wicket victory in the lone Twenty20 international in Kolkata on Saturday. The tourists enhanced their reputation as the reigning world Twenty20 champions by keeping the hosts down to 120-9 before surpassing the modest target with eight balls [...]

According to the official figures of the Ministry of Health and Quality of Life, there are only 4,000 nurses in the public sector to cater to the country that has a population of 1.3 million. This number is considered insufficient by the president of the Nursing Association, Bagooaduth Kallooa. “Four thousand is not enough and [...]

The Joint Public-Private Sector Business Facilitation Task Force, set up by the government on October 14, met for the first time on October 26. It was chaired by Ali Mansoor and Raj Makoond, financial secretary and director of the Joint Economic Council (JEC) respectively. Five work groups have been identified as priorities of the task [...]