“We should never allow the heat of politics to cause long lasting damage to national interests,” vice president Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed said ahead of a...
PPM MPs held a meeting with President Abdulla Yameen, the attorney general and the tourism minister today after the president requested parliamentary counsel on leaving the...
A draft freedom of expression legislation - obtained by Minivan News - states that four types of "expressions contrary to national interest" will constitute criminal offences:...
Power shortages may spoil the government's plans to light up the capital Malé City on Independence Day, STELCO has said. A crucial 8MW generator is down...
The Villigili magistrate court ordered the island's council to change the phrasing on banners put up on behalf of ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) Saud...
President Abdulla Yameen has ordered the police to launch an investigation into how a suspect in the murder of MP Afrasheem Ali was allowed to leave...
A woman in Malé stabbed herself in the stomach after her husband left to Syria, local media report. A young man attempted suicide in Muli after...
A committee has approved changes to the People's Majlis standing orders to offer the vice president just 30 minutes to respond to an impeachment motion, and...
Former presidents Ibrahim Nasir and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom are to receive an honorary shield on the Maldives’ golden jubilee of independence from the British on July...
The cabinet has decided to reassess the Maldives' membership in the Commonwealth following repeated threats to leave the inter-governmental organization. British MPs are meanwhile continuing to...
A new penal code came into effect today, repealing a law written in 1968. Government offices, the opposition and influential figures have welcomed the law as...
The family of murder victim Ahmed Jailam Shakir has welcomed an Interpol red notice issued to locate a suspect and a High Court order for the...
"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 new penal code is due to come into force at midnight tonight, but the Juvenile Court judges are the only judges who have been trained...
Sittings of the People’s Majlis were suspended this week to block MPs from submitting changes proposed by the Supreme Court to the long awaited penal code....
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.
A team from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) met on Tuesday with former president Mohamed Nasheed at his residence, where he...
