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[imaan @imaanmv]

Let’s put a smile on that face! - Joker

[Adhadhu @AdhadhuMV]

ދ. މީދޫގައި ޕްރޮގްރާމްއެއް ޝޫޓުކުރަމުން ދަނިކޮށް ރައީސް މުއިއްޒުގެ އަނބިކަނބަލުން، ސާޖިދާގެ ބޮޑުބޭބެ އާއި ޕީއެންސީގެ ބަޔަކު ރާއްޖެ ޓީވީގެ ނޫސްވެރިންނަށް ހުރަސްއަޅައި މާރާމާރީ ހިންގުން

📄: https://t.co/eVzzcjjKeF

[RaajjeTV @Raajje_tv]

މުވައްޒަފުން ގަދަކަމުން ޕީއެންސީއަށް ވައްދާކަމުގެ ސާފު ހެކި: ސްޓެލްކޯ މުވައްޒަފުންނަށް އެޗްއާރުން ގުޅައި، ޕީއެންސީއަށް ވަނުމަށާއި، ޕާޓީއަށް ވަތްކަން އެނގޭ ސްކްރީންޝޮޓް ފޮނުވުމަށް އަންގަމުންދާ ކަމަށް ސްޓެލްކޯއިން އިއުތިރާފުވެއްޖެ!

[Lovable @Lovable]

https://t.co/OVuIhnRm6v → https://t.co/kyKWp8myFL

[RaajjeTV @Raajje_tv]

ޑޮލަރާ ގުޅޭ ގޮތުން ރާއްޖެޓީވީން ކުރި ސުވާލާއެކު ޖަވާބު ދޭން ނޭނގި ވަޒީރުން ތެޅިގަނެއްޖެ. ޖަވާބު ނުދެވި މުޅި މަޢުޟޫޢު އޮޅުވާލައިފި.

[raajje.mv @raajjemv]

ގެއްލިފައިވާ ފުލުސް އޮފިސަރުގެ 7 އަހަރުގެ ދަރިފުޅު: ބައްޕަ އަންނަން މިހާ ލަސްވަނީ ކީއްވެ؟ ބައްޕަ ހޯދަން ބަޔަކު ގޮސްފިތަ؟
https://t.co/wnaq0vAz6U

[Sana Mohamed ✨🇪🇬❤️ @SaNaMoha807020]

الأخطاء اللي عملتها الارجنتين دي مع منتخب انجلترا كان لازم كروت صفرا مش كارت واحد و طرد لكن التحكيم كالعادة في صف الارجنتين

المدرب بتاع انجلترا كان خلاص لانه كل الأخطاء بتتحسب لصالح الارجنتين مع إن المفروض العكس 😁

[Referee Channel @RefereeC21621]

Egypt didn’t get a penalty here. #argentina #egypt #worldcup #penalty #worldcup2026

[𝗧𝗠 @TMfutbal]

🚨📸 | One is a foul. One isn’t. 😂

Egypt have been robbed by the Israel of football. 🇦🇷✅

[fishie 🕷️ @WhoIsFishie]

@VillaCollegeMv sent out this notice to all students.
forcing them to install an insecure app or risk being locked out of classes they paid for.
took me less then 5 mins to crack it

this is y we need data protection. they demand more from you and gives no security in return

[Nattu @reallynattu]

9 years ago, we came up with an idea to introduce an Uber-like service to the Maldives using motorcycles. We identified the problem we wanted to solve: vehicle congestion, while also giving people a chance to earn a living since they already own motorcycles. We called it Ride Maldives.

We met @em_saeed and the ministry to demo the app and seek endorsement, given that the service was ready for launch with over 200 male and female drivers on our waitlist.

The next day, the economic ministry released a press statement saying they were starting a new motorcycle taxi service and that companies could apply after a new regulation. We were told to apply.

Transport took almost a year to draft the regulation. They took our base idea but stripped out all the safety measures we had put in place. Despite multiple attempts, they didn’t even want to meet us or get our feedback before gazetting the regulation and opening it up for services.

Since it was already released, despite all our efforts to update it so we could provide a safe service to the public, the transport ministry denied it. So we decided to halt the project completely.

A few months later, a company started the motorcycle service and then stopped for whatever reason. We were later asked to come to the transport ministry for a discussion, and they assured us they would change everything to fit our needs. By then, it was too late, we had already moved on to our next project: LottieFiles.

Bottom line: our idea was to introduce an Uber-like motorcycle service, while the transport/economic ministries were still learning about the concept of motorcycle taxis from Thailand.

Here’s an interesting article written by Avas back then, before government meddling: https://t.co/cKGCvi1KuZ

[Mohamed Yaniu @mohamed_yaniu]

A lot of people are talking about the “Malé Taxi” name right now. I want to share our side of the story not as a complaint, but because 10 years of hard work deserves to be heard.

In 2015, we registered the business name “Malé Taxi” under Taviyani Pvt Ltd (Registration No. BN-0929/2015). That same year, we launched Kobaa Taxi, an online taxi booking service. We purchased 150 Samsung tablets from Thailand, along with MiFi devices and SIM cards from Dhiraagu, all with our own money, and distributed them to drivers ourselves. There was no funding, no backing just our own effort to build something new for Malé.

In 2016, we submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Economic Development for motorcycle taxi services (RFP Ref: (IUL)101-AF/2016/77). We demonstrated the concept, but our proposal was not selected. We were then advised to apply through a new regulation, and we followed every process as required.

In 2017, the ministry opened an Expression of Interest for Premium Taxi Services in Malé and Hulhumalé (Ref: (IUL)101-AF/1/2017/31, dated 1 February 2017). We submitted a detailed proposal featuring electric and hybrid vehicles, app-based booking, Maldivian drivers in uniform, cashless rides, and a phased rollout plan. We even beat MTCC on price. In the end, the project was cancelled.

At that time, very few people in the Maldives believed an app-based taxi service could work so in 2017, we stopped.
But we did not give up.

In February 2019, we rebranded and launched Avas Ride. We started again from zero with no outside rescue. Just our own money, our own belief, and our determination to keep going.

Today 7 years later Avas Ride has more than 160,000 customers and 3,000+ drivers. In 2025 alone, we completed 2.9 million rides.

As a white-label platform, we faced limitations in customizing the product for the Maldivian market including constraints around integrations such as BML payment gateway ,implementation of safety features. Despite these challenges, we continued to grow and validate the model locally.

In 2023, we made a major decision: to build our own platform from scratch.
We began developing Avas App with a fully Maldivian team 8 developers, a CTO, a UI designer, and a product manager. We successfully launched it with a grand event, marking a new chapter for locally built technology.

Today, we are preparing for an international white-label launch in Q3 this year.

We proved that this model works not with government money, but with persistence, resilience, and belief in what we are building.

Then, on 2 April 2026, MTCC launched “Malé Taxi Line”: electric vehicles, app-based booking, Malé and Hulhumalé coverage, and uniformed drivers. It is almost identical to what we proposed in 2017 and it uses the name we registered in 2015.

We sent a formal notice regarding name infringement to MTCC on 28 March 2026. They launched anyway. There was no response, no negotiation, and no acknowledgment.
Let us be clear we are not against better public transport. In fact, we have spent the last decade trying to build exactly that.

But if a legally registered business name can be used by a state-owned company without even a conversation, then what message does that send entrepreneurs in Maldives.

[Naailu @kudanai]

Privacy and security issues aside, this approach is also needlessly expensive in terms of running costs.

At the scale of read/write ops needed, the Firebase bill alone will exceed normal salaries of a whole team of devs.

[Midhuam Saud(米渡）🇲🇻 @Midhuamsaud]

When I logged back into X today, I was wow-ed, the dev community on X has really done the heavy lifting on this one. Here’s what’s come out so far:

1. MTCC Assistant GM Abdulla Farish and the owner of FixedMaldives are both registered at the same address, Daisymaage.

2. Farish handled the tender process… and is also leading the project from MTCC’s side.

3. On the FixedMaldives side, the project is led by a police officer, Ismail Hassan, who apparently goes by the name “ghost.”

4. MTCC’s MD is a former police officer too. Not only that, he and Ismail Hassan aren’t just ex-colleagues, they’re both from HA. Hoarafushi.

5. And of course, the app wasn’t even ready for launch. The website they rolled out last night is full of issues and data leaks, already exposed in detail by local devs. Great debut.

6. Yesterday, MTCC launched an internal investigation… to figure out who leaked the information.

7. Last night, after the ceremony, the “PO guy,” MD, and Ismail Hassan met at the Hulhumale ferry terminal to “handle the crisis.”

Not sure what your next move is or how this will be spun, but just a heads-up: payments for “Milestone 1 & 2” to FixedMaldives are already traceable.

Massive credit to @WhoIsFishie @raftalks @dash8x and everyone else who put in the work to uncover the leaks and issues.

At the end of the day, it’s our money, our taxi system, and our data. If the institutions meant to protect them won’t, then people stepping up like this is exactly what needs to happen.

[Raf 🇵🇸 @raftalks]

I am hearing that entire backend is controlled and managed by the Fixed Maldives, using Firebase backend panel. People’s location movement information in the hands of irresponsible sole proprietor, can be a disaster.

[ayaz · 🍉 🇵🇸 @ayarse]

With that kind of money I expected them to at least go with a ready made white label solution but nooooo they tried to actually build it (horribly) from scratch? Sheeeeeesh

[Ahsan Ibrahim @shoelace_jr]

13 million nagaafa app hadhaafa meen 20$ dheegen AI use kohgen kanneynge.

[Hassan Kurusee @HKurusee]

13 million MVR MTCC taxi app.

Tech community was not invited to bid. Very few were asked for a price.

Vote NO in the referendum to say NO to Muizzu.

[imaan @imaanmv]

The app for "Malé Taxi" is still named "mtcc_taxi" with a default Flutter description, A 13M MVR App

[𝔐 𝔞 𝔧 𝔬 𝔯 🍉 @tachikomatose]

i'm sorry 13 MILLION!??! for an app?!? no bid no surprise but those are ridiculous numbers... in a country where there's so much dev talent too. they're not just stealing from you, they're taking away your work too.