No difference, the same core of her!

Niuma from movie "Niuma"

A good marketing strategy like grand premier ceremonies and wise stunts like shaving the actress’ head is what it all takes to convince people to buy tickets, but it is not going to leave the audience awe-inspired or with an is-this-really-a-Dhivehi-movie expression. What happens in the movie is same like what was happened to the Star(Niuma).

‘Megamind’ gets mega bucks in debut weekend

Actors Ben Stiller and Brad Pitt

Will Ferrell’s animated supervillain comedy “Megamind” took in some mega cash over the weekend, with a 46-million-dollar debut at the North American box office, final data showed Monday.

DreamWorks Animation’s 3D movie, which also features the voices of Brad Pitt, Tina Fey and Jonah Hill, pulled ahead of strong openings for the other two top contenders, “Due Date” with a 32.7 million dollars take and “For Colored Girls” with 19.5 million.

Michael Jackson single goes online, but is it him?

The first single from a posthumous Michael Jackson album was released online Monday — but was immediately clouded by questions over whether it was really the late star’s voice.

Michael Jackson

Record label Epic Records was forced to issue a statement saying it was confident the album including the single, “Breaking News” was indeed Jackson singing, after fans and La Toya Jackson questioned its authenticity.

Maldives Educational standards – amongst the highest in the region

The Maldives has a functional literacy rate of 98%, which is the highest in the South Asia and Indian Ocean region.  Educational standards are also among the highest in the region and schools follow the British system of education. English language is used as the medium of instruction in most schools; however, there are schools that provide Arabic and Islamic education specifically.

The Ministry of Education aims to further enhance existing educational facilities and services so that every Maldivian will have access to quality primary and secondary education and hence increased scope for higher education and training. The education system of the country is designed such that it will foster religious and cultural values though the curricula are based on external examinations that would enable Maldivian students to avail themselves to educational, training and employment opportunities both nationally and internationally.

A milestone in educational services was reached with the recent establishment of the Maldives College of Higher Education – MCHE in 1998. Maldivian students now have the prospect of post secondary education (from diplomas to bachelor’s degrees in certain areas) at the many faculties functioning under the MCHE.