"Today is July 16, 2015, a momentous day in the history of the Maldives’ criminal justice system. The penal code of 1968 expired at 11:59pm on...
A three-hour play with 2,000 students from across the country and a skydiving event are among activities planned to mark 50 years of independence.
The anti-terror bill metes out up to 20 years in jail for Maldivians who join foreign wars. But how effective can harsh penalties be when the...
The police said today that it has received DNA analysis of samples taken from three cars suspected to have been used in the abduction outside Rilwan's...
Ten men have been arrested in Fuvahmulah on suspicion of drugging, blackmailing, and forcing children into prostitution. The underaged girls were reportedly tricked into using drugs,...
In such a politically charged case, media reporting can take a sensationalist and selective approach, writes Toby Cadman. "As with all cases, there are two sides...
Vice president Mohamed Jameel Ahmed remains in London and will issue a written response ahead of his imminent impeachment as supporters of the tourism minister Ahmed...
The president’s office has scheduled a third meeting in ongoing talks with the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) for Sunday, July 12.
The government has cancelled a third meeting in ongoing talks with the MDP as some ministers are out of the country, the president’s office has said.
Minivan News journalist Ahmed Rilwan’s family has supported the opposition's call for an independent inquiry into his disappearance a year ago in a Malé suburb.
The civil aviation authority is yet to determine what caused a Trans Maldivian Airways (TMA) seaplane to crash land near the Kuredhu Island Resort last week.
Hundreds of staff at state owned companies, government offices, and volunteers started walking door-to-door in the capital Malé this morning with a checklist of activities to...
A Trans Maldivian Airways seaplane carrying 11 tourists crashed landed in the water near Kuredhu Island Resort in north central Maldives at 5:30pm today. The passengers...
A total of eight Bangladeshi nationals have been arrested in the Maldives June on charges of gambling. They were arrested during police raids and caught with...
