Sources: ރައީސުލްޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާގެ އޮފީސް (Male) and Maldives bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Office of the President of the Maldives, Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik , has issued a press communique indicating that Monday, March 4, 2013, had been declared a one-off public holiday to once again coincide with the year's first sitting of the People’s Majlis. [full story]