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Why Muizzu’s information commissioner pick should alarm everyone

The wrong appointment at the worst moment for RTI.

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Arts And Culture

A million plays later, is Pest’s L2 any good?

In patches, yes, and rarely the patches the crowd picked.

29 Aug, 17:26

'No one can definitively explain': fish exports hit 16-year low

Warmer surface water may be pushing tuna beyond pole-and-line reach.

27 Aug, 18:02

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Arts And Culture

A million plays later, is Pest’s L2 any good?

In patches, yes, and rarely the patches the crowd picked.

29 Aug, 17:26

'No one can definitively explain': fish exports hit 16-year low

Warmer surface water may be pushing tuna beyond pole-and-line reach.

27 Aug, 18:02

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'None of the cameras work': a National Art Gallery that cannot secure its own building

A theft exposed failures artists had been raising for years.

26 Aug, 15:27

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The state blames resorts, resorts blame the state and the peg cannot hold

Proposed doubling of mandatory conversion prompts rare industry revolt.

25 Aug, 19:30

Colonialists, conspiracy and the Maldives’ first constitution

Colonialists, conspiracy and the Maldives’ first constitution

How the intrigue of elites, bemused Brits and a playboy prince changed Maldivian history.

24 Aug, 20:40

The ‘super’ El Niño is coming for our corals

The ‘super’ El Niño is coming for our corals

What corals do for the country, and what the country can do for corals.

23 Aug, 13:40

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'None of the cameras work': a National Art Gallery that cannot secure its own building

A theft exposed failures artists had been raising for years.

26 Aug, 15:27

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The state blames resorts, resorts blame the state and the peg cannot hold

Proposed doubling of mandatory conversion prompts rare industry revolt.

25 Aug, 19:30

Colonialists, conspiracy and the Maldives’ first constitution

Colonialists, conspiracy and the Maldives’ first constitution

How the intrigue of elites, bemused Brits and a playboy prince changed Maldivian history.

24 Aug, 20:40

The ‘super’ El Niño is coming for our corals

The ‘super’ El Niño is coming for our corals

What corals do for the country, and what the country can do for corals.

23 Aug, 13:40

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Minister counters cost of living claims with TikTok videos and state TV forum

11 Aug, 20:20

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'Not new observations': abuse of state resources, a one-sided broadcaster and normalised vote-buying

04 Aug, 15:07

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A WHO rate, unseen studies and a U-turn: Maldives makes cigarettes cheaper

02 Jul, 17:27

A journalist fought to keep his prison notes. Here's what was in them.

A journalist fought to keep his prison notes. Here's what was in them.

23 Jun, 17:03

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Thilafushi's trash mountain could give way. There's nowhere else to put it.

05 Aug, 17:48

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When the ocean reaches further

03 Aug, 15:46

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Past the last house on Huraa

27 Jul, 13:53

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Guesthouses count the cost as stalled harbour smothers Fodhdhoo reef

22 Jul, 17:21

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Everyone is having fewer children. The Maldives is not special

18 Aug, 16:22

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Teacher, healer, protector: the surfer behind Aloha Ufaa

17 Aug, 14:19

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Fifty-two discoveries in Maldivian waters, no Maldivian authors

10 Aug, 20:14

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'They knew he was dead': family disputes official account of Sgt Mahudhee's death

06 Aug, 17:00

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Fine the rate or float it? The band the market left in 2011

20 Aug, 19:33

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

29 Jul, 17:27

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Who broke the Rufiyaa? Two records and a blame game

14 Jul, 20:02

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A door to PayPal, opened part way

08 Jul, 17:28

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The death of Sgt Mahudhee: what the records show

12 Aug, 19:22

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

29 Jul, 17:27

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El Niño is here: what it means for Maldivian reefs

21 Jul, 18:05

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Measles in the Maldives: what's happening and how to protect yourself

15 Jul, 18:20

Arts And Culture

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The lingering ghosts of Maldives

15 Aug, 15:07

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The clothes we left behind

08 Aug, 13:32

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Scenes from Hulhumalé, before the last sand fills in

01 Aug, 11:13

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Nine songs, one city: Huvan's Mithan tracks a generation

25 Jul, 11:50

Timeline Series

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Reclamation, die-offs and a watchdog that rarely bites: a timeline of environmental damage

16 Jun, 18:03

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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

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

Eight years and no justice: the murder of Yameen Rasheed

12 May 2025, 16:00

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Motorbike crash, dollar petition and passport supply

Motorbike crash, dollar petition and passport supply

30 Aug, 08:39

Photo: Mohamed Shahzan for Adhadhu

Fatal leak, death sentence and balcony video

28 Aug, 10:06

Centralising laws, doubled conversion and advisor resignation

Centralising laws, doubled conversion and advisor resignation

27 Aug, 08:04

Closed exchanges, land bill and loaded magazine

Closed exchanges, land bill and loaded magazine

26 Aug, 09:05

MATI revolt, food poisoning and cylinder fire

MATI revolt, food poisoning and cylinder fire

25 Aug, 07:31

GST expansion, ICOM nomination and MTDC resignation

GST expansion, ICOM nomination and MTDC resignation

24 Aug, 09:00

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