Feydhoo Finolhu, the nearest uninhabited island to Malé and the international airport, has been leased to a Chinese company for 50 years at an acquisition cost...
The civil court ordered the state-owned Maldives Ports Limited to buy diesel for its vehicles exclusively from Meridiam Services, a company linked to ruling party MP...
The government signed Sunday a US$50 million loan agreement with the OPEC Fund for International Development to finance the expansion of the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport. According...
The commission gave three working days to register representatives for nearly 500 candidates and refused to accredit several observers, the MDP said.
Two Maldivians have tested positive for the Zika virus since the authorities began a surveillance programme to determine if the mosquito-borne virus is spreading in the...
The MMA confirmed to the Maldives Independent that it invested in a US$140 million government-guaranteed bond issued by the Maldives Airports Company Ltd on November 15,...
A contentious Airport Development Charge of US$12 for Maldivians and US$25 for foreigners departing from the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport was voted through by the ruling...
The parliament passed with a 60-vote majority on Thursday the MVR26.7 billion (US$1.7 billion) budget proposed for 2017, approving the government's spending plans and revenue raising...
Ruling coalition lawmakers voted against a proposal to invalidate ballot papers with symbols or markings a day after voting to accept the government-sponsored bill for consideration...
Amid fierce criticism during the 2017 budget debate of plans to hike import duties and impose new taxes and fees next year, several PPM MPs called...
Gayoom spoke to newspaper Mihaaru about the acrimonious split within the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives and his decision to withdraw support for his half-brother President...
Former Defence Minister Ameen Faisal has been charged with terrorism over the military's detention of then-MP Abdulla Yameen in July 2010. The trial was scheduled to...
The government awarded today a project worth MVR161.8 million (US$10.4 million) to Alia Construction to convert the Equatorial Convention Centre in Addu City to a 100-bed...
The Chinese embassy has donated MVR7 million (US$454,000) to develop seven pedestrianised roads in Malé and a children's park in the capital's suburb Vilimalé.
Expressing concern about "the severity of the sentence" handed to the Independent MP, the international organisation of parliaments said it "fails to understand the justification for...
"If [Trump] acts in accordance with this policy, the world will become much more peaceful than at present," Yameen said. "Otherwise what we have seen so...
A US$25 airport development charge, a "congestion tax" and increased import duties for tobacco and fizzy drinks are among a raft of revenue-raising measures proposed in...
