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

69 percent said No. That was just the start.

7 hours ago

MDP and the innovator's dilemma

How the party that disrupted Maldivian politics fell into its own success trap.

06 Apr, 11:47

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

Nearly seven in 10 voters said no. All five mayors are MDP.

05 Apr, 11:53

News In Brief

News in brief from Monday, April 6.

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MDP and the innovator's dilemma

How the party that disrupted Maldivian politics fell into its own success trap.

06 Apr, 11:47

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

Nearly seven in 10 voters said no. All five mayors are MDP.

05 Apr, 11:53

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

Scenes from a long, hot voting day in Malé.

04 Apr, 20:21

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

Everything you need to know before April 4.

03 Apr, 17:00

Episode 19: Malé mayoral candidates – Abdulla Mahzoom Majid

The MDA candidate discusses housing, transport and his vision for Malé.

02 Apr, 16:55

"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

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

Scenes from a long, hot voting day in Malé.

04 Apr, 20:21

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

Everything you need to know before April 4.

03 Apr, 17:00

Episode 19: Malé mayoral candidates – Abdulla Mahzoom Majid

The MDA candidate discusses housing, transport and his vision for Malé.

02 Apr, 16:55

"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

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

26 Mar, 17:32

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

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

"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

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

12 Mar, 15:06

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

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05 Apr, 09:29

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02 Apr, 12:17

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07 Apr 2019

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07 Apr 2018

Charges raised against detained Special Ops police

07 Apr 2018

‘Father’s crime is not supporting the government’: Gasim’s daughter

07 Apr 2018

President’s re-election campaign seeks volunteers

07 Apr 2018

Girls brought home from Indian orphanage

07 Apr 2018

Fonadhoo machete attackers remanded for trial

07 Apr 2018

Gasim arrested for bribery

07 Apr 2017

Government denies ordering surveillance on ministers, lawyers

07 Apr 2016

Ex-MP flees Singapore after order to return to prison

07 Apr 2016

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