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Arts And Culture

Dhoadhi – a coming-of-age film Dhivehi cinema rarely makes

A twenty-something crew made the film they wanted to see.

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The US$ 500 million question: can the Maldives avoid default in April?

The 2021 sukuk comes home to roost.

15 Jan, 5:31 PM

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

But only fish that private exporters turn away.

14 Jan, 5:29 PM

News In Brief

News in brief from Thursday, January 15.

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The US$ 500 million question: can the Maldives avoid default in April?

The 2021 sukuk comes home to roost.

15 Jan, 5:31 PM

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

But only fish that private exporters turn away.

14 Jan, 5:29 PM

Agenda or opportunism? Muizzu's conservative push before council polls

Old campaign playbook or something more systematic this time?

13 Jan, 5:28 PM

The Noonu corridor: Maafaru emerges as Maldives' private jet hub

A turtle nesting beach became a billionaire gateway.

12 Jan, 5:31 PM

Climate harm in plain sight

Environmental decline is becoming a public health crisis.

11 Jan, 5:37 PM

Nadee's Stories Untold: making beautiful what is futile

It all ends in tears, she knows.

10 Jan, 5:17 PM

Agenda or opportunism? Muizzu's conservative push before council polls

Old campaign playbook or something more systematic this time?

13 Jan, 5:28 PM

The Noonu corridor: Maafaru emerges as Maldives' private jet hub

A turtle nesting beach became a billionaire gateway.

12 Jan, 5:31 PM

Climate harm in plain sight

Environmental decline is becoming a public health crisis.

11 Jan, 5:37 PM

Nadee's Stories Untold: making beautiful what is futile

It all ends in tears, she knows.

10 Jan, 5:17 PM

Maldives Independent

Year in Review

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Concurrent elections: what the constitutional amendments mean for voters

06 Jan, 3:50 PM

Stress test: 2025 Year in Review

31 Dec 2025, 5:35 PM

Protect national security, face fines: what a new code asks of Maldivian journalists

16 Dec 2025, 4:53 PM

Dissecting decentralisation: how island councils are about to change

04 Dec 2025, 5:14 PM

Banyans and saplings: 100 years old, replaced by inches tall

10 Dec 2025, 6:01 PM

Maldives reefs at risk as coral tipping point is crossed

01 Dec 2025, 2:13 PM

Dead on arrival: a shark fishery with no fishers

19 Nov 2025, 5:16 PM

Environment minister bypassed safeguards to approve Addu wetlands reclamation

11 Nov 2025, 6:08 PM

Sun, sea and smog: the Maldives' dry season haze

08 Jan, 4:34 PM

Tears and pleas: the housing lottery Malé residents can't win

07 Jan, 4:08 PM

Stranded students left to fend for themselves abroad

29 Dec 2025, 4:51 PM

Two decades after the tsunami, "safer islands" need expansion and protection

28 Dec 2025, 5:11 PM

Concurrent elections: what the constitutional amendments mean for voters

06 Jan, 3:50 PM

Two tiers, 22,900 homes on paper: Malé's new housing rules

30 Dec 2025, 5:59 PM

Maldives gets failing grades on money laundering and terrorism financing

22 Dec 2025, 4:45 PM

Protect national security, face fines: what a new code asks of Maldivian journalists

16 Dec 2025, 4:53 PM

Arts And Culture

The wounds that follow you home: Ganaa turns the lens on bullying in the Maldives

20 Dec 2025, 2:39 PM

"The crime we cheered for": young artists map the true cost of reclamation

15 Nov 2025, 4:51 PM

Thin Huvafen and the unrealised promise of Dhivehi fiction

11 Oct 2025, 1:42 PM

A brutal mirror: Kan'bulo confronts domestic violence in Maldivian society

27 Sep 2025, 1:57 PM

Timeline Series

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

29 Jun 2025, 4:55 PM

UK Chagos handover sinks Maldives hopes of reclaiming southern waters

02 Jun 2025, 7:29 PM

Eight years and no justice: the murder of Yameen Rasheed

12 May 2025, 4:00 PM

Nasheed bombing trial remains stalled four years after failed assassination

06 May 2025, 7:03 PM

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Dengue spike, holiday death and 100-year cannabis sentence

15 Jan, 2:05 AM

SOE pensions, pharmacy transfer and dollar salaries

14 Jan, 8:19 AM

Iranian pushback, drug network and accused coach

13 Jan, 9:13 AM

STELCO sackings, rehabilitation crisis and drug operation

12 Jan, 8:54 AM

Second home, PSM allowance and building code violations

11 Jan, 7:12 AM

"Irreligious activity," media diplomacy and infant formula recall

09 Jan, 10:05 AM

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17 Jan 2019

Korean tourist drowns near Paradise Resort

17 Jan 2019

Undocumented workers denied healthcare

17 Jan 2019

Ministry announces inspection of all tourist establishments

17 Jan 2019

High Court judges transferred back to Addoo

17 Jan 2018

Maafushi councillors suspended by LGA

17 Jan 2018

Hijab and the Maldives: stigma, shaming and the struggle to take it off

17 Jan 2018

Teen attacked in second student stabbing case this year

17 Jan 2018

Tax authority introduces new measures to avoid remittance tax evasion

17 Jan 2017

Five state employees charged with negligence in three-year-old’s murder

17 Jan 2017

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