Malé city council warned earlier this week there was a threat of disease because of littering in the capital.
One member of the European Parliament remarked on the “shrinking political space” in the Maldives.
President Abdulla Yameen fired two police chiefs in as many days over plans to enforce a Supreme Court ruling ordering the release of political detainees.
Police arrested eight people in relation to Yameen Rasheed's murder. Six were charged.
The UN committee’s decision follows two complaints lodged by Mohamed Nasheed in 2013 and 2016 about violations of his civil and political rights.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom started planning to overthrow the government in 2015, police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told the media in a surprise press conference.
The loan scheme offers sums of up to MVR500,000 for individuals, and of up to MVR1.5 million for partnerships fully owned by Maldivians.
MP Eva Abdulla, one of five female lawmakers in the Maldives' 85-member parliament, condemned the threat as well as the official response to it.
Islam is used in Maldivian political rhetoric to appeal to voters and also to malign liberal voices. Those supporting democracy or pluralism are branded as irreligious...
Police said the office was searched in relation to an ongoing investigation but refused to provide details.
Top Environment Protection Agency officials said they were prevented from warning the housing ministry to stop the ongoing ring road work.
Initially reported as a suicide on March 5, the death was investigated after family members raised questions.
The former president said he had written to the court and asked it to reconsider his detention as he was elderly and had health problems.
The snub came as the opposition alliance said there had been progress in the talks to field a single candidate against the ruling party.
Prosecutors allege that journalist Ahmed Rilwan was abducted and that a red car owned by one of the suspects was used in the act.
The spike across the Maldives, especially in the south, has led to complaints about an ice shortage to keep the fish frozen, as well as MIFCO...
Aminath Shareehan Ibrahim launched a startup in the Maldives, creating products based around the Dhivehi language.
