The parliament yesterday approved Aminath Eenas and former MP Shifaq Mufeed as the new president and vice president, respectively, of the Human Rights Commission of Maldives...
The president's office explained that under the existing land law, buyers and sellers could agree upon prices without any regulatory controls and evade the 15 percent...
"All these people here belonging to MDP should be arrested. This is what we're trying to do. God willing, that will happen now," said ruling party...
The new oversight body was formed on October 6 to replace the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) and the Customs Integrity Commission (CIC) under a law passed...
Since President Abdulla Yameen assumed power in November 2013, the government had gradually stripped the Malé City Council of its authority and staff. Nine of the...
High levels of public debt "driven by high and rising public spending" is the immediate macroeconomic challenge facing the Maldives, observed the World Bank's South Asia...
The Elections Commission said that a political party that receives state funding should not be allowed to call for sanctions against government officials. The MDP's national...
MP Ahmed Nihan, PPM parliamentary group leader, meanwhile called Nasheed's high-profile lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney "enemies of the state" after the pair launched a...
Protest marches and vehicle rallies took place simultaneously around 4:00pom in the capital Malé, Addu City, Gaaf Dhaal Thinadhoo, and several islands across the country, calling...
The government has submitted amendments to the 1969 Maldivian Citizenship Act to specify procedures for relinquishing citizenship and proposed changes to the 1978 law on sea...
The environment ministry yesterday launched a US$4.2 million Climate Change Adaptation Project to establish eco-tourism facilities to manage protected mangroves and coral reefs in Fuvahmulah and...
Shortly after today's sitting began at 9:00am, MDP MPs started chanting "Free President Nasheed" and held up banners that read, "Free President Nasheed in line with...
After registering a four percent decline in July, arrivals from China increased by 7.8 percent in August despite a slowdown in the Chinese economy and a...
The police have been taking statements from journalists who witnessed the incident from the Izzudin jetty as well as crew from the 'Finifenma' speedboat, parts of...
The government has ceased filling vacancies in the civil service in a bid to reduce recurrent expenditure. The cost cutting measures suggest the government was unable...
The Maldives has pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10 percent before 2030 in a new action plan. The target falls far short of ambitious...
A loud blast was heard just as the 'Finifenmaa' speedboat docked at the pier, followed by glass shattering, and the door on the speedboat fell off...
