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Resort deals, campaign help, financial advice: Epstein's deep ties to ex-Maldives president

"Best regards to you and your beautiful students": Waheed's sign-off to Epstein.

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Arts And Culture

To the makers of Dhoadhi – give them their flowers

Premiere night responses from industry veterans and first-time viewers.

31 Jan, 14:44

Nasheed isn't a hero. MDP isn’t left-wing.

Your idols are right-wing capitalists.

29 Jan, 15:01

News In Brief

News in brief from Friday and Saturday, January 30 and 31.

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Arts And Culture

To the makers of Dhoadhi – give them their flowers

Premiere night responses from industry veterans and first-time viewers.

31 Jan, 14:44

Nasheed isn't a hero. MDP isn’t left-wing.

Your idols are right-wing capitalists.

29 Jan, 15:01

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

A guide to the Maldives' debt crunch in plain English.

28 Jan, 16:21

Tourist entitlement: Maldives is not your content set

From whale sharks to public beaches, visitors push boundaries.

27 Jan, 15:17

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

Shaahina Ali on three decades of defending Maldivian reefs.

26 Jan, 14:10

Alibe's house of stars: inside Kulhudhuffushi's century-old home

A photo tour with Tharijehige's last resident.

25 Jan, 15:19

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

A guide to the Maldives' debt crunch in plain English.

28 Jan, 16:21

Tourist entitlement: Maldives is not your content set

From whale sharks to public beaches, visitors push boundaries.

27 Jan, 15:17

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

Shaahina Ali on three decades of defending Maldivian reefs.

26 Jan, 14:10

Alibe's house of stars: inside Kulhudhuffushi's century-old home

A photo tour with Tharijehige's last resident.

25 Jan, 15:19

Maldives Independent

Year in Review

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Muizzu asserts Maldives has "strongest claim" to Chagos sovereignty

21 Jan, 16:21

Agenda or opportunism? Muizzu's conservative push before council polls

13 Jan, 17:28

Concurrent elections: what the constitutional amendments mean for voters

06 Jan, 15:50

Stress test: 2025 Year in Review

31 Dec 2025, 17:35

More orcas in Maldivian waters – or more cameras?

18 Jan, 16:35

Banyans and saplings: 100 years old, replaced by inches tall

10 Dec 2025, 18:01

Maldives reefs at risk as coral tipping point is crossed

01 Dec 2025, 14:13

Dead on arrival: a shark fishery with no fishers

19 Nov 2025, 17:16

The protection vacuum: Maldives grapples with children caught between law and exploitation

19 Jan, 16:09

Sun, sea and smog: the Maldives' dry season haze

08 Jan, 16:34

Tears and pleas: the housing lottery Malé residents can't win

07 Jan, 16:08

Stranded students left to fend for themselves abroad

29 Dec 2025, 16:51

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

15 Jan, 17:31

The Noonu corridor: Maafaru emerges as Maldives' private jet hub

12 Jan, 17:31

"Can't carry on, can't go out to fish": Maldives yellowfin industry fights for survival

17 Dec 2025, 16:24

Between government optimism and World Bank warnings: dissecting the 2026 budget

02 Nov 2025, 23:06

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

Concurrent elections: what the constitutional amendments mean for voters

06 Jan, 15:50

Two tiers, 22,900 homes on paper: Malé's new housing rules

30 Dec 2025, 17:59

Arts And Culture

After 16 years, 1984 is back

24 Jan, 16:33

Dhoadhi – a coming-of-age film Dhivehi cinema rarely makes

17 Jan, 15:36

Nadee's Stories Untold: making beautiful what is futile

10 Jan, 17:17

The wounds that follow you home: Ganaa turns the lens on bullying in the Maldives

20 Dec 2025, 14:39

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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29 Jan, 09:28

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28 Jan, 07:02

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27 Jan, 07:26

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26 Jan, 07:36

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From the archive

Today in history

Journalists questioned for reporting prisoner statements

01 Feb 2018

Court orders freeze on fugitive’s bank accounts

01 Feb 2018

Supreme Court orders Nasheed’s release in landmark ruling

01 Feb 2018

Financial secrecy ‘no accident’

01 Feb 2018

Police probe into alleged coup ramped up

01 Feb 2018

MP Faris submits case to Supreme Court

01 Feb 2018

Dismembered and headless corpse found at luxury Maldives resort

01 Feb 2018

Villa resorts running out of booze

01 Feb 2018

Police refused foreign forensic help in Yameen case

01 Feb 2018

Councillors suspended ahead of opposition rally

01 Feb 2018

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