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Comment: the case for concurrent elections

"This is not simply a matter of convenience or electoral timing."

4 hours ago

"No party represents me": young voters on the April 4 elections

We asked young Maldivians what it would take to bring them to the polls.

01 Apr, 16:08

"A linked chain": how Faathun helped write the Maldives' first disability plan

Built by the people it's meant to serve.

31 Mar, 17:18

News In Brief

News in brief from Wednesday, April 1.

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"No party represents me": young voters on the April 4 elections

We asked young Maldivians what it would take to bring them to the polls.

01 Apr, 16:08

"A linked chain": how Faathun helped write the Maldives' first disability plan

Built by the people it's meant to serve.

31 Mar, 17:18

War costs mount but austerity plan stays under wraps until after Saturday's vote

Uninterrupted supplies assured as government breaks ground on a dozen projects.

30 Mar, 16:58

Comment: Vote "no" in the referendum

War at every doorstep, but the only cost being cut is elections.

29 Mar, 15:49

Episode 18: Malé mayoral candidates – Adam Azim

Incumbent mayor Adam Azim discusses his record, priorities and governance.

28 Mar, 15:56

Maldives condemns Iran at UN days after Muizzu called for strikes on Israel "day and night"

Public mood rejects sectarian framing and pushes president off-script.

26 Mar, 17:32

War costs mount but austerity plan stays under wraps until after Saturday's vote

Uninterrupted supplies assured as government breaks ground on a dozen projects.

30 Mar, 16:58

Comment: Vote "no" in the referendum

War at every doorstep, but the only cost being cut is elections.

29 Mar, 15:49

Episode 18: Malé mayoral candidates – Adam Azim

Incumbent mayor Adam Azim discusses his record, priorities and governance.

28 Mar, 15:56

Maldives condemns Iran at UN days after Muizzu called for strikes on Israel "day and night"

Public mood rejects sectarian framing and pushes president off-script.

26 Mar, 17:32

Maldives Independent

Year in Review

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Chaos in the Chagos: empire, exile and the islands caught between superpowers

24 Mar, 17:34

"A supermajority is not a blank cheque": is the Maldives anti-defection amendment unconstitutional?

18 Mar, 16:00

Referendum battle lines drawn as opposition launches "no" campaign

09 Mar, 15:12

Muizzu backs Gulf states on Khamenei killing as Maldivians declare solidarity with Iran

03 Mar, 16:37

Shark feeding is illegal in the Maldives. It shouldn't be Fuvahmulah's business model.

25 Mar, 16:55

Hoarafushi's seagrass meadow is teeming with life. The council wants to bury it.

10 Mar, 14:52

Younger than the pyramids: teaching students how the Maldives really formed

04 Mar, 14:24

President champions climate adaptation abroad as dredgers blanket atoll in sediment

12 Feb, 17:15

Maldives celebrates Eid under shadow of war

22 Mar, 15:59

Trapped by design: Dhigurah fire exposes migrant worker housing crisis

19 Mar, 19:18

Wilson the castaway cat: how a ginger tom was rescued from a desert island

12 Mar, 15:06

To graduate in the Maldives, you must first learn Italian

05 Mar, 17:50

Half a gas cylinder, double the diesel price: the oil shock hits Maldives

17 Mar, 17:25

Asia declares emergency. Maldives says it won't run out of oil.

11 Mar, 17:52

Middle East war leaves Maldives exposed on every front

02 Mar, 12:29

"Dangerous precedent": pension board clears path for MVR 2.4 billion money printing scheme

04 Feb, 19:08

The Chagos dispute explained: colonial borders, displaced people, and a small nation defying international law

10 Feb, 17:26

The US$ 500 million reckoning in April: what is a sukuk and why does it matter?

28 Jan, 16:21

The dry season haze: what you need to know

20 Jan, 16:24

"A good start, not a solution": MIFCO begins buying yellowfin tuna after protests

14 Jan, 17:29

Arts And Culture

In the midst of a thought: revisiting The Bird and the Flying Fish

14 Feb, 18:12

Fiction: On the virtues of route 8

07 Feb, 16:53

To the makers of Dhoadhi – give them their flowers

31 Jan, 14:44

After 16 years, 1984 is back

24 Jan, 16:33

Timeline Series

A US$ 90 million trail that went nowhere: the MMPRC scandal's unresolved legacy

29 Jun 2025, 16:55

UK Chagos handover sinks Maldives hopes of reclaiming southern waters

02 Jun 2025, 19:29

Eight years and no justice: the murder of Yameen Rasheed

12 May 2025, 16:00

Nasheed bombing trial remains stalled four years after failed assassination

06 May 2025, 19:03

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Referendum challenge, severed hand and police pay

01 Apr, 09:46

Hiya waiver, littering fine and housing spree

31 Mar, 10:55

Parking buildings, election shortcomings and documentary fallout

30 Mar, 10:05

Office affair, ICJ bid and Villimalé clash

29 Mar, 11:09

IGMH investigation, grooming suspect and drug ring releases

27 Mar, 09:00

Hi-rise rules, austerity measures and gas storage

26 Mar, 01:26

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02 Apr 2019

Vector control campaign launched after spike in dengue

02 Apr 2019

Closing hours extended for food outlets and petrol sheds

02 Apr 2018

Court concludes appeal of MP Riyaz’s acquittal

02 Apr 2018

NGO boss questioned over ‘anti-Islamic’ tweet

02 Apr 2018

Addu accident victim passes away

02 Apr 2018

Policemen detained on coup plot charges sacked

02 Apr 2018

Pakistan army chief departs

02 Apr 2018

Maldives fights rumours of island sales to Saudi Arabia with clampdown

02 Apr 2017

Opposition activist under arrest for defaming Yameen

02 Apr 2017

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