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"A supermajority is not a blank cheque": is the Maldives anti-defection amendment unconstitutional?

Can a constitutional amendment be unconstitutional?

12 hours ago

Half a gas cylinder, double the diesel price: the oil shock hits Maldives

From the pump to the jetty, the war's cost arrives.

17 Mar, 17:25

Column: by Saif Fathih

Too late to lament: Solih's botched police reform

Farhad Fikury is back because Solih's government let him stay.

16 Mar, 13:58

News In Brief

News in brief from Tuesday, March 17.

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Half a gas cylinder, double the diesel price: the oil shock hits Maldives

From the pump to the jetty, the war's cost arrives.

17 Mar, 17:25

Column: by Saif Fathih

Too late to lament: Solih's botched police reform

Farhad Fikury is back because Solih's government let him stay.

16 Mar, 13:58

Episode 17: Malé mayoral candidates – Ismail Zariyand

Candidate number two addresses his ties with former President Yameen.

14 Mar, 15:30

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

A stranded cat, a viral plea, and a rescue mission during Ramadan.

12 Mar, 15:06

Asia declares emergency. Maldives says it won't run out of oil.

The damage from the oil price shock is baked in.

11 Mar, 17:52

Hoarafushi's seagrass meadow is teeming with life. The council wants to bury it.

Eagle rays, reef sharks, and a reclamation plan.

10 Mar, 14:52

Episode 17: Malé mayoral candidates – Ismail Zariyand

Candidate number two addresses his ties with former President Yameen.

14 Mar, 15:30

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

A stranded cat, a viral plea, and a rescue mission during Ramadan.

12 Mar, 15:06

Asia declares emergency. Maldives says it won't run out of oil.

The damage from the oil price shock is baked in.

11 Mar, 17:52

Hoarafushi's seagrass meadow is teeming with life. The council wants to bury it.

Eagle rays, reef sharks, and a reclamation plan.

10 Mar, 14:52

Maldives Independent

Year in Review

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Referendum battle lines drawn as opposition launches "no" campaign

09 Mar, 15:12

Muizzu backs Gulf states on Khamenei killing as Maldivians declare solidarity with Iran

03 Mar, 16:37

Watchdog questions corruption score as Maldives stagnates on annual index

11 Feb, 13:14

From resort dividends to an open prison: everything Muizzu pledged in his three-hour address

09 Feb, 19:40

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

"We simply have to keep going": Maldives' first Magsaysay laureate on fighting an existential timeline

26 Jan, 14:10

More orcas in Maldivian waters – or more cameras?

18 Jan, 16:35

To graduate in the Maldives, you must first learn Italian

05 Mar, 17:50

"Expendable": the migrant worker casualties that go unreported

26 Feb, 13:04

A family for every child: the promises and risks of the foster care push

25 Feb, 17:19

Finders not keepers: the fisherman, the bolts, and the rocket from the sky

24 Feb, 14:45

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 US$ 500 million reckoning in April: what is a sukuk and why does it matter?

28 Jan, 16:21

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

15 Jan, 17:31

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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Fuel shock, PSM standoff and banner removal

17 Mar, 10:26

Gas rationing, cat killing and Hanimaadhoo protest

16 Mar, 09:17

The reef beneath the surf break

15 Mar, 15:59

Dhigurah fire, SOE jobs and jet fuel spike

15 Mar, 09:17

Fatal fire in Dhigurah, oil shock response and election accessibility

13 Mar, 10:02

Voter list, airport robbery and presidential endorsement

12 Mar, 07:23

From the archive

Today in history

President opens first SME bank in Maldives

18 Mar 2019

Voter database app under investigation

18 Mar 2019

MDP and Adhaalath team up in six constituencies

18 Mar 2019

MDP withdraws support for candidate accused of domestic violence

18 Mar 2019

State of emergency: a round-up of weekend round-ups

18 Mar 2018

Media regulator seeks to change editor rules

18 Mar 2018

Police torture claims being investigated

18 Mar 2018

Maldives chief justice on trial

18 Mar 2018

Council elections delayed for third time over flu outbreak

18 Mar 2017

Saved by the bull?

18 Mar 2017

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