The new powerhouse for the capital's industrial village will also be used as a backup plant "when electricity goes out from time to time in Malé,"...
HRCM Vice President Shifaq Mufeed told the press that the hunger strike was prompted by "tightened security measures" but an informed source alleged that electricity was...
The national health alert has been raised to level three based on the "rapid increase of cases" since February, the discovery of severe disease among high-risk...
With 27 cases so far this year, the incidence of swine flu is increasing in the Maldives but the situation does not warrant emergency measures such...
As the government marked the day with special activities at offices and the handing out of annual awards for women, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party...
A city-wide electricity outage in Malé for more than two hours on Sunday afternoon disrupted water and telecommunication services in the capital.
Ahmed Shuzad, the employee found to have been dismissed unfairly, is among four gender ministry staff presently on trial along with a policeman over negligence in...
"What I see is this government probing ladies more towards staying home and doing cookery. Why would anyone at any level of the government think that...
A mass measles and rubella vaccination campaign is underway across the Maldives with an ambitious goal of vaccinating all Maldivians between the ages of eight and...
The police have decided to appeal a magistrate court order to protect a 900-year-old cemetery in the Meedhoo ward of Addu City after ancient tombstones were...
After purportedly establishing public order and undertaking numerous efforts for economic and social development, Defence Minister Adam Shareef Umar said the president's focus now is "building...
The Saudi Arabian embassy in Malé has stirred controversy after handing out envelopes with MVR500 (US$32) in cash to journalists who were invited to cover an...
A record 200 percent import duty hike in 2012 failed to reduce demand and the number of cigarettes imported to the Maldives increased to 497 million...
According to amendments brought on Monday to regulations on housing for police, applicants will be awarded points based on an interview, rank, marital status, number of...
Maheshwaran Mariappan, 27, was caught under a dump truck that he was repairing on Maamigili, Alif Dhaalu Atoll on Wednesday. The vehicle fell on his head...
The petition said: “There is no doubt amongst Islamic scholars that the niqab is permissible in Islam. The only doubt is on whether it is compulsory...
The ministry of education has sacked a Qura'n teacher because she refused to take off her niqab, or full-face veil, for work.
