President Abdulla Yameen ratified last week changes brought to the Family Act to pave the way for equitable distribution of marital property after divorce, despite opposition...
"The government decided to provide [compensation for] 40 percent of the damages...In addition to this, MVR1 million (US$64,800) from Coastline will be distributed proportionately," Defence Minister...
The People's Majlis voted unanimously Tuesday to amend the Pension Act to allow members of the Maldives Retirement Pension Scheme to collateralise their savings to make...
The National Disaster Management Centre is providing temporary shelter to some 72 individuals displaced by a massive fire that broke out Monday evening at the Coastline Hardware...
The fire broke out around 4:20pm at the two-storey Coastline store - located on the densely populated capital's main thoroughfare Majeedhee Magu - and quickly spread...
The construction of a bridge between Malé and Hulhulé poses no threat to the city’s surf point at Varunulaa Raalhugandu, Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muizz said...
A majority of household waste in Malé is collected by expatriate workers, each of whom dispose waste for an average of ten households every day, according...
A fishing boat found a Bangladeshi migrant worker stranded at sea in an alleged to flee from his employers at a resort under construction on a...
Some 300 families who were awarded flats by former President Mohamed Nasheed’s administration are being asked to pay MVR2million (US$129,701) for a flat, with the housing...
Maldivians reacted with despair as the country's oldest newspaper remained closed for a third day amidst a bitter ownership battle. “Three days without Haveeru is like...
The civil court has issued an order halting the publication of local daily Haveeru pending the outcome of a dispute over the ownership of the Maldives'...
Three Maldivian men have been arrested in Turkey while attempting to illegally cross over into Syria and join extremist militant groups in the war-torn country.
A fire that broke out in a public housing flat in Malé on Tuesday afternoon has left two family homes temporarily unlivable as residents claim that...
The suspected racketeers were arrested yesterday from a hotel in Dehiwala, Colombo with two laptops containing nude video clips of more than 100 people, including five...
The Maldives’ congested capital Malé has run out of burial space. The government has now announced plans to bury the dead at a new cemetery on...
The state utility company has restored electricity on the southern population hub of Thinadhoo after a powerhouse fire left residents in the dark for four days....
Officials from the World Health Organisation are conducting tests in the Maldives for signs of the Zika virus in the wake of media reports that a...
