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Housing for whom? The towers rising over Villimalé's last grove

Ancient trees, a fenced-off footpath and a fractured community.

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"We will sense even if we cannot see"

She co-founded an NGO after being told blind people couldn't run one.

15 Apr, 14:45

Ice ages, not volcanoes: how the Maldives really formed

Darwin's 1842 theory is elegant. Drill cores tell a different story.

14 Apr, 16:38

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News in brief from Wednesday, April 15.

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"We will sense even if we cannot see"

She co-founded an NGO after being told blind people couldn't run one.

15 Apr, 14:45

Ice ages, not volcanoes: how the Maldives really formed

Darwin's 1842 theory is elegant. Drill cores tell a different story.

14 Apr, 16:38

Trouble for Muizzu – provided MDP keeps it together

A decisive win followed by a familiar unravelling.

13 Apr, 17:00

A Majlis e-petition to ban BDS-listed products in the Maldives

Consumer boycotts are incomplete without state-level sanctions.

12 Apr, 13:11

A nature house in Villingili, before the bridge changes everything

Veshige wants to reconnect a generation with nature.

11 Apr, 10:01

MTCC's MVR 13 million taxi app: closed bids, family ties, and leaked ID cards

Developers unravelled the app's failures within hours of its launch.

09 Apr, 16:51

Trouble for Muizzu – provided MDP keeps it together

A decisive win followed by a familiar unravelling.

13 Apr, 17:00

A Majlis e-petition to ban BDS-listed products in the Maldives

Consumer boycotts are incomplete without state-level sanctions.

12 Apr, 13:11

A nature house in Villingili, before the bridge changes everything

Veshige wants to reconnect a generation with nature.

11 Apr, 10:01

MTCC's MVR 13 million taxi app: closed bids, family ties, and leaked ID cards

Developers unravelled the app's failures within hours of its launch.

09 Apr, 16:51

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Referendum, record turnout, and a fractured opposition: key takeaways from the April 4 elections

07 Apr, 16:54

Referendum defeated, cities lost: voters deliver mid-term rebuke to Muizzu

05 Apr, 11:53

Election day: 43-degree heat, long queues and secrecy dispute mark triple-ballot vote

04 Apr, 20:21

Election primer: three ballots, one voting day, and a wartime spending spree

03 Apr, 17:00

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

Death in SAMPA: propeller guards mandated, none installed

08 Apr, 17:15

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

31 Mar, 17:18

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

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

30 Mar, 16:58

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

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

More stories

Cabinet reboot, anti-defection challenge and MDP protests

15 Apr, 04:40

MACL rot, airfare hike and convict release

14 Apr, 02:55

Sinan unseated, SOE resignations and Hulhumalé blackout

13 Apr, 02:18

MDP détente, Meedhoo recount and growth forecast

12 Apr, 03:34

SOE austerity, Feeali fire and pallet survivor

10 Apr, 07:29

MDP infighting, ambassador reinstatement and home loans

09 Apr, 08:59

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16 Apr 2019

The case for scrapping single-use plastics in resorts

16 Apr 2019

Youth minister’s suspension lifted

16 Apr 2019

Tata flats sold out in five days

16 Apr 2018

Gayoom and son deny fresh coup accusations

16 Apr 2018

Bids to form new political parties rejected

16 Apr 2018

Maldives must restore Nasheed’s right to run for office, says UN

16 Apr 2018

Music festival to showcase Maldivian talent

16 Apr 2018

Komandoo land reclamation complete

16 Apr 2018

Social media activist released

16 Apr 2017

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