After communal feasts and traditionally extensive preparations, Maldivians joined Muslims around the world today to begin observing rituals of the holy month of Ramadan.
A speedboat carrying eight tourists from the Biyaadhoo Island Resort in Malé atoll caught fire on Saturday afternoon. The tourists and three crew members escaped unhurt.
The Football Association of Maldives was facing automatic suspension from FIFA, world football's governing body, if it did not adopt revised statutes and hold an election...
Mental health clinics in the Maldives are struggling to treat hundreds of patients after a new regulation rendered a majority of staff ineligible to become licensed...
A senior teacher at the Kunahandhoo island school was arrested last night on suspicion of links to terrorist organisations. But islanders are incredulous. "He is a...
The Maldives Customs Service launched a special operation on Tuesday night to seize sauce bottles containing white wine and pork on sale at a shop in...
Mohamed Zahir Naseer, "father of sports in the Maldives" and honorary chairman of the Maldives Olympic Committee, passed away at the age of 87 in the...
A 61-year-old woman died Sunday night while undergoing treatment for dengue fever at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé. Her death is the third fatality...
A speedboat en route from the island of Maafushi in Kaafu atoll caught fire this afternoon just outside Malé's eastern harbour, injuring two crewmembers and a...
President Abdulla Yameen has swapped his private residence for a larger plot of land located near the construction site for the China-Maldives friendship bridge.
The lawsuit, thought to be the second case of its kind in the Maldives, was filed against Hassan Ali of Addu City, with Marion Arndt claiming...
A seven-month old infant died from dengue fever on Wednesday – the second death from the mosquito-borne disease this year.
The ministry of health has warned of health risks from unregulated Hijama therapy, urging practitioners of the complementary therapy to register with the government.
Maldivian students are taught that Western-style democracy allows the alteration of Allah's revelations, encourages sinful behaviour and justifies Allah’s wrath.
Human remains were found on an uninhabited island in the southern Laamu atoll in late April, according to the police.
A shop and staff barracks burnt down late last night at the high-security prison on the island of Maafushi in Kaafu atoll.
Islanders of Himadhoo gathered in numbers Sunday evening to prevent police officers from removing a two-year-old boy from his father, who is defying a family court...
