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Fenaka scrapped, Aasandha capped: everything Muizzu announced

What else came up: nationalisation, resort dividends and media exclusion.

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No law, no means: Maldives may be unable to police flow of restricted goods to Russia

Russian embassy says only UN sanctions are legitimate.

07 Sep, 17:58

My case for the MDP nomination

Abdulla Shahid on stepping down as party president to run.

06 Sep, 15:11

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No law, no means: Maldives may be unable to police flow of restricted goods to Russia

Russian embassy says only UN sanctions are legitimate.

07 Sep, 17:58

My case for the MDP nomination

Abdulla Shahid on stepping down as party president to run.

06 Sep, 15:11

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Ocean Junk Reimagined: a field guide to the reef that replaces us

Inside Afzal Shafiu’s gallery of impossible fish, assembled from collected waste.

05 Sep, 18:19

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They offered to sterilise Malé's stray cats. The government never met them

A US non-profit gave up after trying for seven months to fund a sterilisation pilot.

03 Sep, 19:22

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Two or three, in theory. 1.7 in practice

Rent, childcare and 60 days of maternity leave.

02 Sep, 20:15

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'Daily budget for this website reached': nowhere left to buy a dollar

What your card declining has to do with resorts.

01 Sep, 18:40

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Ocean Junk Reimagined: a field guide to the reef that replaces us

Inside Afzal Shafiu’s gallery of impossible fish, assembled from collected waste.

05 Sep, 18:19

Artwork: Dosain

They offered to sterilise Malé's stray cats. The government never met them

A US non-profit gave up after trying for seven months to fund a sterilisation pilot.

03 Sep, 19:22

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Two or three, in theory. 1.7 in practice

Rent, childcare and 60 days of maternity leave.

02 Sep, 20:15

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'Daily budget for this website reached': nowhere left to buy a dollar

What your card declining has to do with resorts.

01 Sep, 18:40

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Minister counters cost of living claims with TikTok videos and state TV forum

11 Aug, 20:20

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'Not new observations': abuse of state resources, a one-sided broadcaster and normalised vote-buying

04 Aug, 15:07

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A WHO rate, unseen studies and a U-turn: Maldives makes cigarettes cheaper

02 Jul, 17:27

A journalist fought to keep his prison notes. Here's what was in them.

A journalist fought to keep his prison notes. Here's what was in them.

23 Jun, 17:03

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Thilafushi's trash mountain could give way. There's nowhere else to put it.

05 Aug, 17:48

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When the ocean reaches further

03 Aug, 15:46

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Past the last house on Huraa

27 Jul, 13:53

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Guesthouses count the cost as stalled harbour smothers Fodhdhoo reef

22 Jul, 17:21

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'None of the cameras work': a National Art Gallery that cannot secure its own building

26 Aug, 15:27

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Everyone is having fewer children. The Maldives is not special

18 Aug, 16:22

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Teacher, healer, protector: the surfer behind Aloha Ufaa

17 Aug, 14:19

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Fifty-two discoveries in Maldivian waters, no Maldivian authors

10 Aug, 20:14

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'No one can definitively explain': fish exports hit 16-year low

27 Aug, 18:02

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The state blames resorts, resorts blame the state and the peg cannot hold

25 Aug, 19:30

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Fine the rate or float it? The band the market left in 2011

20 Aug, 19:33

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

29 Jul, 17:27

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The death of Sgt Mahudhee: what the records show

12 Aug, 19:22

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

Nine resignations later, Pension Office confirms MVR2.4 billion bond deal

29 Jul, 17:27

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El Niño is here: what it means for Maldivian reefs

21 Jul, 18:05

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Measles in the Maldives: what's happening and how to protect yourself

15 Jul, 18:20

Arts And Culture

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A million plays later, is Pest’s L2 any good?

29 Aug, 17:26

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The lingering ghosts of Maldives

15 Aug, 15:07

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The clothes we left behind

08 Aug, 13:32

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Scenes from Hulhumalé, before the last sand fills in

01 Aug, 11:13

Timeline Series

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Reclamation, die-offs and a watchdog that rarely bites: a timeline of environmental damage

16 Jun, 18:03

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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

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

Eight years and no justice: the murder of Yameen Rasheed

12 May 2025, 16:00

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'Blatant lie,' broadcasting consent and arson claim

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Political posts, press ban and Nepal aid

Political posts, press ban and Nepal aid

06 Sep, 07:31

Sanctions busting, on-air call and balcony railings

Sanctions busting, on-air call and balcony railings

04 Sep, 06:48

Hottest day, remittance dollars and hiring controls

Hottest day, remittance dollars and hiring controls

03 Sep, 08:08

Forex crackdown, toddler death and mayor trial

Forex crackdown, toddler death and mayor trial

02 Sep, 08:54

Bill signings, forex arrests and oil exploration

Bill signings, forex arrests and oil exploration

01 Sep, 08:50

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08 Sep 2019

AirAsia apologises for emergency landing

08 Sep 2019

Translation: Summary of report on Rilwan’s abduction

08 Sep 2019

Maldives accuses US of coercion and intimidation after sanctions threat

08 Sep 2018

Four accidents on Sinamalé Bridge

08 Sep 2018

Maldives election body denies hiring ruling party activists

08 Sep 2018

Campaign trail: ‘I excluded Nasheed, I excluded Gasim’

08 Sep 2018

Mistaken landing of Air India flight under investigation

08 Sep 2018

Gayoom denies demanding US$100k from Nasheed as ‘goodwill’ gesture

08 Sep 2016

Two men detained over ‘coup plot’ released without charges

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