
'I'll finish this within two years': Malé's new traffic chief sets out his plans
Yoosuf Maaniu on cemetery car parks, AI cameras and fines.
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The moving goalposts of the Maldives' single-use plastics phase-out
Plastic straws are back and the ban on bottles keeps getting pushed back.
05 Oct, 17:55
Split the presidency, cap the Majlis: MDP's plan for a new constitution
Full text of the resolution adopted by the MDP congress.
04 Oct, 16:47

'Pause and look a little longer': GMB Akash's Ember in Malé
Thirty years of photography holds up a mirror to the city.
03 Oct, 13:03

Foreign money, not foreign neighbours: Rasmalé and the politics of land
When does a 99-year lease become a sale?
01 Oct, 18:28

A revolt from Europe to Moscow as Maldives taxes the world's travel agents
An Italian operator has dropped the Maldives in protest.
30 Sep, 15:58

'Should I just do it for you?': how two volunteers got the rufiyaa into Unicode
The MVR symbol is no longer a dollar in disguise.
29 Sep, 13:55



































