Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Waheed, has released a press communique indicating that, once again, a one-off public holiday had been declared in the Maldives, on the date of the the first sitting of the People’s Majlis for the year, Thursday, March 1, 2012. [full story]