The country's highest-ranking judges were found guilty earlier this month of influencing lower court judges and sentenced to one year, seven months and six days in prison.
A Maldivian national was arrested in Sri Lanka while attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of heroin.
During April, there were 44 cases of neglect, 35 cases of sexual abuse, 16 cases of physical abuse and 11 cases of emotional abuse.
A widely shared video of a standoff between two groups of young men on the capital's main thoroughfare has sparked outrage and concern over public safety.
Visitor numbers reached 119,713, down from 119,774 in the same period last year.
The council of the Progressive Party of Maldives decided unanimously Tuesday night to give its ticket to President Abdulla Yameen.
The 55-year-old religious scholar was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Colombo when he passed away Tuesday afternoon. He was hospitalised last Friday after suffering a...
The main opposition party was warned not to conduct its presidential primary as planned on May 30 with former president Mohamed Nasheed as the sole candidate.
Gayoom was charged with obstruction of justice for allegedly refusing to hand over his mobile phone for a police investigation.
The haul included "ecstasy, methamphetamine, amphetamine, cannabis tree branches, heroin, methcathinone, and mephedron."
With exiled former president Nasheed's campaign for the May 30 primary in full swing, the EC announced guidelines for conducting primaries and implicitly rejected the candidacies of convicted...
The Human Rights Commission of Maldives has denied media reports of seeking charges over a custodial death of a Maafushi jail inmate whose family alleges he...
A youth group in the Lhaimagu carried out the coral planting programme to revitalise the island's reef ahead of the introduction of local tourism.
Water seeped into two households each in the Hithadhoo, Feydhoo and Hulhudhoo wards of Addu City but no items were damaged, according to police, who assisted...
Former president Mohamed Nasheed submitted Saturday his candidacy papers as the sole contender in the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party’s presidential primary.
The state waste management company increased collection hours after complaints of garbage piling up on the streets of Malé.
A criminal court staff is suspected of leaking earlier this month secret statements from witnesses in the upcoming terrorism trials of top judges and politicians.
