Economy
After the sukuk: the 2027 budget in numbers
Foreign repayments ease, but more borrowing now comes from home.
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‘Our islands don’t even exist’: finding Maldives from space
Maldives space organisation unveils platforms to fill ocean model blind spots.
29 Oct, 13:29
For the Maldives, a cyclone’s damage starts before it has a name
Why storms that never reach us still do real damage.
28 Oct, 15:01
Infant deaths, interest bills and divorces: stories from the 2026 statistical yearbook
Plus fewer pension members, more foreign workers and falling births.
27 Oct, 15:09
Rasmalé and the emptying atolls
What if a plot in Rasmalé let families live anywhere?
26 Oct, 14:48
