Culture
Airtime regulation opens for comment in Maldives
TV stations could lose their licence if they break the rules.
11 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
ADK Hospital enters Maldives medical tourism market
The target market is the Middle East and Africa.
05 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives broadcasting watchdog ‘desperate’ to fine Raajje TV
Raajje TV has been fined MVR1.7 million in the past 18 months.
05 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Survey underscores huge income gap between Malé and atolls
Households in the capital earn twice as much a month compared to the atolls.
05 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Hospital warns of chickenpox outbreak in Addu
04 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Ugail to give up British citizenship
The Maldivian professor gave no reason for his decision.
04 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
State workers awarded flats told to pay ‘booking fee’
The booking fee could be around US$7,000.
03 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Social housing blame game as government takes over Malé flats
The takeover is the latest example of the government chipping away at the council’s powers.
01 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
MVR50 million investment for Kulhudhuffushi hospital
The funds will be used for specialty doctors, a CT scan machine and MRI machine.
01 Jul 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives downgraded on US human trafficking watchlist
A further downgrade could entail non-humanitarian and non-trade sanctions.
30 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Addu accident victims being transferred to Malé
Two motorbikes crashed into each other in the early hours of Wednesday.
27 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Hefty bill for accident victim revives healthcare debate
A young man injured in a motorbike crash was billed MVR350,000 (US$22,700) by the private Tree Top hospital.
18 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Winter comes to Maldives
The controversial ‘winter theme park’ in the capital has an ice skating rink, a slide and snow corner.
16 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Maldives slipping into ‘autocratic rule’
The Maldives government is cracking down on the media, civil society and the opposition.
15 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Winter is (almost) coming to the Maldives
The structure housing the winter park has been compared to a warehouse.
12 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Ehlakin licence holders (re)learning to drive
Ehlakin condensed the theory and practical driving tests so they could be taken in one evening.
11 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Hospital denies delaying treatment of fatal accident victim
Hospital staff were accused of refusing to put the patient on a ventilator as advised by the doctor because they “wanted to make the necessary memo slips first.”
11 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Convicts building China ‘friendship bridge’ roads
Inmates who got work were the ‘obedient’ ones, the Maldives prisons commissioner said previously.
10 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Malé gas explosion injures three
Two Sri Lankans and a Maldivian were injured in the blast.
09 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
Audit finds negligence at health ministry
An audit of the health ministry revealed negligence and poor record-keeping.
07 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
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