"The government of the Maldives believes that the new embassy would completely change the dynamics of Maldives-Japan relations as it will help open-up new avenues for...
After accompanying a witness to the police headquarters last night, Mahfooz Saeed from Nasheed's legal team told the press that the police have assured lawyers the...
The police have also forwarded money laundering charges against Hamid Ismail, an influential businessman related to Adeeb. According to the police, acquisition fees paid to the...
During Nazim’s trial in March, the criminal court had refused to call all but two of the 37 defence witnesses, claiming some were not relevant while...
The Maldives today acceded to the the ‘Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children,’ a protocol to the United Nations...
The police have threatened to take legal action against Adeeb's lawyer Hussain Shameem, who said yesterday that the police have confirmed that the former vice president...
Mohamed Nazim's lawyer also asked the High Court to consider sentencing him under the new penal code if judges decide to uphold the criminal court's 11-year...
"According to the police, Adeeb is now only accused in the [Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation corruption] case. Apart from questions posed on the first...
After facing criticism over its silence on the issue, the CSC said in a statement yesterday that the finance ministry staff made redundant by restructuring will...
The MDP said in a statement on Thursday that it is aiming to re-register more than 23,000 -nearly half of its 48,000 members - before the...
President Abdulla Yameen’s threats against striking civil servants has enraged human rights advocates and opposition parties, with some describing the warning as high-handed and yet another...
"They don't have to protest for their jobs. They will remain in government jobs. But no government employee should tell me, 'I will work at this...
After appealing former President Mohamed Nasheed's 13-year sentence at the Supreme Court this week, the opposition leader's lawyers are now petitioning the lower courts to secure...
Staff on strike at the finance ministry have signed a petition calling on the Civil Service Commission to conduct a transparent and comprehensive resource audit before...
Hundreds of civil servants at the finance ministry are on strike over mass job cuts. The historic strike – only the second by civil servants in...
Home Minister Umar Naseer has pledged to prosecute all Maldivians who assisted a German TV crew who were deported while filming for a story on Islamic...
Hundreds of Maldivians took to the streets in southern Gaaf Dhaal Atoll Thinadhoo Island after a woman from the island was hospitalized with life-threatening rape injuries.
