The supreme court’s judgment declaring itself the final authority on the validity of no-confidence and impeachment votes has drawn widespread criticism from lawyers, lawmakers and legal...
The ministry of defence and national security overpaid a private contractor MVR92 million (US$6 million) for a housing project in 2015, an audit report has found.
Contrary to media reports and claims by ruling party lawmakers and ministers, the turnout in the capital was 42 percent and voters turned out in much...
The clemency board granted a conditional release for a woman jailed for hitting a police officer with an empty plastic coke bottle during the 2015 May...
Saud is the second PPM MP to abandon President Yameen since the united opposition coalition sought unsuccessfully to impeach the speaker of parliament and dismantle the...
The police have ordered the removal of the national flag from former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's office in Malé, citing new regulations that require the home...
In a first-hand account of his ordeal, Hassan Mohamed recounts how he was treated like a suspect at the Nilandhoo police station after he was threatened...
After purportedly establishing public order and undertaking numerous efforts for economic and social development, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar said the president's focus now is "building...
The police are searching for a suspect who threw chemicals on the face of the 71-year-old man Tuesday morning on the island of Dhuvafaru in Raa...
The suspension came after more than 60 Maldivian staff signed a petition demanding that the management lifts the suspension of a staff member accused of leaving...
According to amendments brought on Monday to regulations on housing for police, applicants will be awarded points based on an interview, rank, marital status, number of...
A Maldivian man who attempted to cross into Syria to join the civil war there has been arrested and brought back to the Maldives, the police...
Maheshwaran Mariappan, 27, was caught under a dump truck that he was repairing on Maamigili, Alif Dhaalu Atoll on Wednesday. The vehicle fell on his head...
The petition said: “There is no doubt amongst Islamic scholars that the niqab is permissible in Islam. The only doubt is on whether it is compulsory...
Ahmed Naiz was charged with terrorism for allegedly participating in a foreign war, an offence that carries a jail sentence of up to 20 years.
The ministry of education has sacked a Qura'n teacher because she refused to take off her niqab, or full-face veil, for work.
Overseas money transfers made by either a dependent of a foreign worker or a Maldivian on behalf of the worker will now be subject to the...
