The Anti-Corruption Commission sent a letter referring to public finance rules and saying projects must be handed over to companies capable of undertaking the work.
A senior ruling party lawmaker thanked the housing minister and the president for making the arrangement.
The first lady is expected to visit islands to evaluate the living conditions of residents.
Security measures were stepped up, with the military recording the names of everyone coming in and out of the house.
A 24-year-old man has been arrested on Rasdhoo island in Alif Alif atoll for allegedly attacking a member of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives.
Relations with India have apparently soured over the Maldives signing a Free Trade Agreement with China in December after the deal was rushed through parliament.
The former vice president is serving a 33-year prison sentence for multiple counts of terrorism and corruption.
The 2014 EU Mission to the Maldives published a report recommending steps to ensure the transparency of campaign financing, promote the participation of women and reduce...
The government initially decided to implement the death penalty through lethal injection, but is now ready to carry out executions by hanging.
Six people were brutally killed in the Maldives in 2017 despite a low rate of crime compared to the previous year, police statistics have shown.
The Islamic group Jamiyathul Salaf has expressed concern after scantily clad women were shown during the live broadcast of the New Year show organised by the...
The Maldives government is “back on the route to success, while maintaining current peace and stability”, President Abdulla Yameen said in his new year message, as...
Calling for tourism boycotts, portraying the country as extreme, demanding the replacement of the education curriculum and demanding religions other than Islam also violated the Maldives...
Local media said the man from Naavaidhu island, who took the name Abu Saad Al-Maldifi, travelled to Syria early this year.
Mahfooz Saeed, who was attacked while he was part of the legal team representing former president Mohamed Nasheed, has been barred from court by the Department...
Auditors found that MVR66 million (US$4 million) was spent on the 2015 festivities without putting the projects out for tender, as required by law before awarding...
The education ministry violated public finance rules by illegally spending nearly MVR900,000 (US$58,365) and failing to collect MVR8 million (US$519,120) owed as loan repayments, according to...
