Maldives News


Malaysian money, PNC congress and expat wages
News in brief from Tuesday, September 15.
6 hours ago


Britain calls Chagos bilateral. The tuna do not
One purse-seine year in Chagos nearly matched our whole yellowfin catch.
24 hours ago


Anwar arrival, falling rate and trade-based laundering
News in brief from Monday, September 14.
15 Sep, 08:59


The bag levy could have been a waste revolution. Instead it's just a tax
Pay-as-you-throw charges households for what they actually throw away.
14 Sep, 15:02


Feydhoo flooding, mosque foundation and conversion anniversary
News in brief from Sunday, September 13.
14 Sep, 09:02


The price of privilege: the cost of maintaining an ‘impotent’ legislature
Ninety-three MPs, MVR92 million a year and shrinking scrutiny.
13 Sep, 16:14


'Near miss,' e-commerce caps and southern floods
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12.
13 Sep, 09:02


The last of Malé's old market
Photographs from 2021, before the road widened and the stalls moved.
12 Sep, 17:19


Landlord jailed, CSR discretion and 'banana republic'
News in brief from Thursday, September 10.
11 Sep, 10:45


As El Niño builds, Maldivian reefs are running out of time to recover
A global report cites their recovery but bleaching events are now coming faster.
10 Sep, 17:07


Discounted plot, port relocation and forex crackdown
News in brief from Wednesday, September 9.
10 Sep, 08:28


The Maldives is taxing the world's travel agents. What the new T-GST law does
The World Bank said this would not work.
09 Sep, 21:12
Refused summons, Chagos talks and heatstroke risk
News in brief from Tuesday, September 8.
09 Sep, 06:39


Fenaka scrapped, Aasandha capped: everything Muizzu announced
What else came up: nationalisation, resort dividends and media exclusion.
08 Sep, 21:00


Press exclusion, SOE mergers and trade financing
News in brief from Monday, September 7.
08 Sep, 07:20


No law, no means: Maldives may be unable to police flow of restricted goods to Russia
Russian embassy says only UN sanctions are legitimate.
07 Sep, 17:58


'Blatant lie,' broadcasting consent and arson claim
News in brief from Sunday, September 6.
07 Sep, 07:29


My case for the MDP nomination
Abdulla Shahid on stepping down as party president to run.
06 Sep, 15:11


Political posts, press ban and Nepal aid
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5.
06 Sep, 07:31


Ocean Junk Reimagined: a field guide to the reef that replaces us
Inside Afzal Shafiu’s gallery of impossible fish, assembled from collected waste.
05 Sep, 18:19

