Four Villa resorts have been searched under the suspicion of illegally possessing alcohol released by customs to one of his other holiday properties. The firm has...
The appointments come as courts struggle to hear cases due to a judge shortage.
Although the Maldives legal system is a combination of sharia law and common law, sharia sentences are uncommon.
Sheikh Nasrulla Musthafa took five journalists from Mihaaru and news group Vmedia to court last week, claiming they falsely reported that he failed to make pilgrimage...
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim is in Germany after fleeing the Maldives on medical leave while serving a three-year jail term for bribery. He is also...
The hotline number given on the National Counter-terrorism's website has been unreachable since last year because it is incorrect.
There were 417 sexual offences reported last year, with 15 cases reported so far this year.
A letter said the three councillors were being investigated and were ordered to stay away from work from Thursday.
In 2016, the International Commission of Jurists criticised the transfer of judges between courts as a tactic of political retribution, harassment and intimidation.
The National Counterterrorism Centre held an impromptu press conference days after the US State Department issued a travel advisory citing the threat of a terror attack...
Sheikh Nasrullah Musthafa has been charged in connection with an alleged scam that saw four people leave for Mecca without arrangements in place for their pilgrimage.
The sheikh was arrested in November on suspicion of being involved in a scam that saw four people sent to Mecca without arrangements in place for...
Ahmed Fuad, Ahmed Nazmeen and Hussein Adam from Gaaf Alif atoll were punished last month, after the Local Government Authority (LGA) banned local officials from meeting...
Esa Khaleel, a former councillor of Malé atoll Kaashidhoo, was found dead in a dinghy at the island’s harbour.
A man arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a teenage girl has been detained for 15 days.
A spokesman from the Prosecutor General’s office told media on Thursday that a case against former prisons commissioner, Moosa Azim, and former deputy home affairs minister,...
The former vice president is currently serving a 33-year jail sentence on multiple counts of corruption and terrorism.
