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

Everything you need to know before April 4.

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Episode 19: Malé mayoral candidates – Abdulla Mahzoom Majid

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

02 Apr, 16:55

Comment: the case for concurrent elections

"This is not simply a matter of convenience or electoral timing."

02 Apr, 12:17

News In Brief

News in brief for Thursday, April 2.

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Episode 19: Malé mayoral candidates – Abdulla Mahzoom Majid

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

02 Apr, 16:55

Comment: the case for concurrent elections

"This is not simply a matter of convenience or electoral timing."

02 Apr, 12:17

"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

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

Built by the people it's meant to serve.

31 Mar, 17:18

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

Uninterrupted supplies assured as government breaks ground on a dozen projects.

30 Mar, 16:58

Comment: Vote "no" in the referendum

War at every doorstep, but the only cost being cut is elections.

29 Mar, 15:49

"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

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

Built by the people it's meant to serve.

31 Mar, 17:18

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

Uninterrupted supplies assured as government breaks ground on a dozen projects.

30 Mar, 16:58

Comment: Vote "no" in the referendum

War at every doorstep, but the only cost being cut is elections.

29 Mar, 15:49

Maldives Independent

Year in Review

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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

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

To graduate in the Maldives, you must first learn Italian

05 Mar, 17:50

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

"Dangerous precedent": pension board clears path for MVR 2.4 billion money printing scheme

04 Feb, 19:08

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

Diver death, Indian imports and election influence

02 Apr, 08:31

Referendum challenge, severed hand and police pay

01 Apr, 09:46

Hiya waiver, littering fine and housing spree

31 Mar, 10:55

Parking buildings, election shortcomings and documentary fallout

30 Mar, 10:05

Office affair, ICJ bid and Villimalé clash

29 Mar, 11:09

Episode 18: Malé mayoral candidates – Adam Azim

28 Mar, 15:56

From the archive

Today in history

Picnic island designated for Malé

03 Apr 2019

Record number of private jets for Easter holidays

03 Apr 2018

Studio rape trial begins

03 Apr 2018

Maldives Autism Association earn pledges of corporate assistance

03 Apr 2018

Porters end strike after doubling fees

03 Apr 2018

Jailed ex-vice president ordered to pay US$5m

03 Apr 2018

Rasfannu pavilion opens with Gloria Jean’s coffee shop

03 Apr 2018

Government dismisses crackdown on opposition leaders

03 Apr 2017

Gasim summoned to police headquarters for second time

03 Apr 2017

PPM MP Saud pledges support to Gayoom

03 Apr 2017

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