Event organizer Shaheem Ibrahim said the beauty pageant would reflect local customs and be a Maldivian-style event.
The High Court on Monday concluded hearings into the state's appeal of opposition MP Abdulla Riyaz's acquittal on obstruction charges last year.
A 78-year-old man injured in a dangerous road accident in Addu City died Sunday night while undergoing treatment at the Hithadhoo Regional Hospital.
Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, who was freed Wednesday after nearly two weeks in police custody, said he was able to talk with other detainees arrested under emergency powers...
There was shock and also public outrage amid reports that authorities had been aware of the repeated abuse Ibthihaal had suffered.
New government rules say editors need to be Maldivian, aged 25 and above, have a degree in journalism or a related field as well as five...
Friends of a 21-year-old surfer who died in an accident have mourned his death. Abdulla Naail was reported missing while out on Saturday at Thamburudhoo island...
Malé's landscape is changing rapidly amid construction projects and infrastructure upgrades.
The Islamic ministry chose the topic after lodging complaints against media outlets that exposed a four-month delay in handing over MVR18 million (US$1 million) raised for...
Ihavandhoo island council president Mohamed Rasheed, who live-streamed the police team in action, suggested the authorities were vexed because people were gathering there to watch the...
The Prosecutor General's office has hit back at the anti-corruption watchdog for blaming it for the low conviction rate for graft cases.
Hisaan Hussain accused police of planting a device under her chair to record a private meeting with her detained client.
Single use plastics or disposable plastics are items like plastic bags, straws, coffee stirrers, plastic bottles and food packaging that are used once and thrown away.
The prosecution's key witness in MP Faris Maumoon's bribery trial told the court on Monday that he did not take or ask for any money to...
Japan notified the UN Security Council of the suspected transfer of goods from a tanker operating under a Maldivian flag to a North Korean vessel.
The broadcasting regulator has slapped Villa Television and sister station VFM with a fine of MVR400,000 (US$26,000) over a speech by an opposition lawmaker in December last...
Chinese state media denied Indian reports that there was an ulterior motive for positioning the observatory in the Maldives.
