The runway of the privately-managed airport was lengthened from 1,200 to 1,800 meters to accommodate the Airbus A320, the Boeing 737, and private jets such as...
Local media has meanwhile reported the arrest of a Maldivian on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack in collaboration with the Islamic State militant group.
The military's firemen put out flames inside the parliament building in the early hours of Sunday after a dustbin and tissue box at a restroom caught...
According to the police, the three men were arrested in a joint operation with the Turkish law enforcement authorities. They were alleged to have been planning to...
The Maldives will enter a new era of healthcare service delivery with the opening of the 25-storey Dharumavantha hospital next year, Health Minister Abdulla Nazim said at...
"As powerful nations are allowed to intervene in domestic affairs of nations in the name of the Responsibility to Protect or R2P principle, the Maldives decided...
The ambassador-designate's remarks prompted the opposition leader's high-profile counsel Amal Clooney to warn that "any attempt by a Maldivian diplomat to detain President Nasheed in Sri Lanka...
The anti-corruption watchdog launched a probe after an anonymised list of 661 flat winners caused an uproar from unsuccessful applicants of the government housing programme.
A group of Maldivian lawyers outlined serious concerns with the independence and functioning of the judiciary in a petition calling for wide-ranging reforms.
In his opening statement Monday at the UN Human Rights Council's 36th session in Geneva, Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussain said the Maldivian government was "increasingly cracking down...
The PG spokesman told the Maldives Independent that the new criminal procedures law allows prosecutors to request secret proceedings "if they believe a circumstance that obstructs...
The Maldives has produced more terrorists who have fought in Iraq and Syria than any other country in the world," Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells told...
The Maldives became the first member state of the WHO Southeast Asia region to be verified malaria-free in 2015 and went on to eliminate lymphatic filariasis...
The 67-year-old business tycoon was allowed to leave with a travel document nearly two weeks after he was found guilty of attempted bribery and sentenced to...
The changes were prompted by price increases in the global market, the State Trading Organisation said. The prices of crude oil presently stand at US$48.6 per barrel,...
The former Jumhooree Party MP expressed defiance on social media and insisted that he "remain in the post [that I was] elected to by the people...
The Maldives expressed concern with "the recent cycle of violence that resulted in the death of dozens of Rohingya Muslims and displacing several thousands."
