"What we are saying is we are worried. Half or two-third of our atoll may be sold and people don't know what's happening. Is it being...
The police took Maldives Independent journalists Hassan Mohamed and Hassan Moosa into “protective custody” on the island of Nilandhoo, Faafu Atoll, on Wednesday after ruling party...
The Faafu project will be similar to "mixed development projects in French Riviera" with "international sea sports, mixed development, residential high-class development, many tourist resorts, many...
Citing the need to safeguard the army from political influences, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar announced plans to amend the Armed Forces Act this year, prompting...
A mass measles and rubella vaccination campaign is underway across the Maldives with an ambitious goal of vaccinating all Maldivians between the ages of eight and...
President Abdulla Yameen launched Monday morning a US$400 million project awarded to China's Beijing Urban Construction Group to build a new runway at the Velana International...
Zaidul Ameen, a Malé city councillor under arrest on a blackmailing charge, has accused a senior police officer of threatening to keep him in custody until...
The convicted opposition leader was bestowed the prestigious '2017 Courage Award' by a coalition of 25 international human rights groups at the ninth annual Geneva Summit...
King Salman had accepted an invitation to visit the Maldives during President Abdulla Yameen's second official visit to Saudi Arabia in October last year.
Both the PPM and MDP have been gearing up for the campaign in recent days. The stakes in the Maldives' third local council election are higher...
During the three-day visit, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou visited the project site of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge and inspected expansion work at both the...
According to state media, the jobs fair in Hulhumalé was organised by the economic development ministry and the state-owned Housing Development Corporation at the behest of...
A record 200 percent import duty hike in 2012 failed to reduce demand and the number of cigarettes imported to the Maldives increased to 497 million...
The apex court declared that Judge Mariyam Waheed has "lost the legitimacy, legal capacity, and authority" to remain on the bench after she ruled against the...
The rules were aimed at alleviating a persisting dollar shortage and tackling an entrenched black market.
Former Auditor General Niyaz Ibrahim has suggested that the government is planning to "bury" the scandal-ridden Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation and replace it with...
MPs voted 46-19 to amend the 2010 local council elections law to allow individuals convicted of graft, bribery, drug abuse, and offences with punishments prescribed in...
