“If they contest for the council independently or with the MDP because they need a job, I am ready to find them jobs," Ahmed Shareef said.
Saudhullah Hilmy's defection was prompted by the cancellation of lucrative government contracts and deals a blow to Gayoom's plans to check Yameen's hold on power through...
The high court is set to rule on whether the elections commission was right to void some 900-candidacy papers and open a call for new nominations...
Gayoom was planning to launch a series of meetings with PPM members when two police officers visited the former president's office this afternoon and informed his...
The horrific murder of three-year-old Mohamed Ibthihaal in January 2015 shocked the nation while reports that the authorities had been aware of abuse by his mother...
Primaries are being held for ten Malé City council seats, 16 atoll and 38 island council seats, the MP said. Candidates have been selected for some...
A school in Hulhumalé has recalled all of its textbooks in the wake of a controversy over pictures of churches and Roman gods in its social...
The PPM did not make any nominations when the extended deadline expired on December 1.
MP Ahmed Mahloof, jailed on controversial charges, was granted ten days leave to travel to India to seek treatment and conduct medical tests not available in...
The civil court ordered the elections commission to postpone January’s local council elections, citing the ruling party's inability to prepare for polls in the wake of...
Shadiya Ibrahim, the UNFPA's assistant representative hails the Maldives' ground-breaking Gender Equality Act, but says affirmative action is necessary to bridge the gender gap in political...
The ruling came after the police appealed a civil court's judgment that declared Sabra Noordeen’s arrest unlawful, unwarranted, and an "abuse of power." The high court...
The parliament has revised the political parties law to bar members who lose primaries from contesting elections on the ticket of a different party or as...
The civil court has ordered the elections commission to indefinitely extend the re-registration period for January's local council elections pending a judgment on the ruling party's...
Gayoom continued to denounce Yameen's authoritarianism as the president urged supporters to choose a young deer instead of a sick and old bear.
An 18-year-old man stabbed Sunday night amid a recent spike in violent assaults in the capital is in critical condition. The police have arrested 20 suspects...
Refusing to disclose a list of MPs who have declared their assets, the parliament secretariat cited discretion under the landmark Freedom of Information Act to deny...
