Opposition MPs accused the ruling party of seeking to grant the PPM's ticket to convicts ahead of April's local council elections.
Yameen used his fourth state of the nation address to underscore the government's achievements in 2016 and to set forth ambitious goals of creating thousands of...
The president's remarks come after the World Bank warned in its Global Economic Prospects report released last week that "rising debt levels" and "persistent political tensions"...
"I don't think we will have a free and fair election as things stand now. So we will have to have the whole opposition together and...
The moves against the Gasim's business interests come after the Jumhooree Party leader threw his weight behind former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and formed a new...
The event marks the start of a series of nationwide campaign activities organised and carried out by the first lady's office and not the ruling Progressive...
Zaidul Ameen, a Malé city councillor from the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives, is under arrest on a bribery charge. The criminal court reportedly remanded Ameen...
Despite tourist arrivals growing by 4.6 percent annually as of November, revenue from Tourism Goods and Services Tax last year decreased by -4.4 compared to 2015,...
From January 8 onward, travellers can buy up to US$500 dollars per ticket through an online portal or at any BML branch. But the dollars must...
The elections commission has assured political parties that the postponed local council elections will be rescheduled for early April with a new date to be announced...
A compliance audit for 2014 found that the ministry made an illegal advance payment of MVR120 million (US$7.8 million) to the state-owned Maldives Roads Development Corporation...
According to new regulations enacted by the finance ministry last week, sovereign guarantees will only be offered for loans taken with an interest rate below four...
The military's fire and rescue service on Tuesday afternoon put out a fire that broke out on the seventh-floor terrace of a house in Malé. Three...
Velana is a reference to former President Ibrahim Nasir, the president's office explained, who oversaw the development of the Maldives' first international airport as prime minister...
The police drug enforcement department launched a special operation using sniffer dogs in Malé and nearby islands last Thursday, searching hundreds of suspects for illicit narcotics.
A group of civil society organisations has called on the authorities to ensure justice for a 50-year-old woman from the island of Lhaimagu in Shaviyani atoll...
According to the Fenaka Corporation, the 79 men and 21 women will work at its branches and powerhouses in the atolls. President Abdulla Yameen and First...
