Maldives News
Centralising laws, doubled conversion and advisor resignation
News in brief from Wednesday, August 26.
1 hour ago
'None of the cameras work': a National Art Gallery that cannot secure its own building
A theft exposed failures artists had been raising for years.
18 hours ago
Closed exchanges, land bill and loaded magazine
News in brief from Tuesday, August 25.
26 Aug, 09:05
The state blames resorts, resorts blame the state and the peg cannot hold
Proposed doubling of mandatory conversion prompts rare industry revolt.
25 Aug, 19:30
MATI revolt, food poisoning and cylinder fire
News in brief from Monday, August 24.
25 Aug, 07:31
Money license, pension chief and special insurance
News in brief from Thursday, August 20.
21 Aug, 10:15
Fine the rate or float it? The band the market left in 2011
The dollar's two prices and a new offence for spreading the second.
20 Aug, 19:33
Forex crimes, judge suspension and counter petition
News in brief from Wednesday, August 19.
20 Aug, 06:46
A viral video about Islamic sex education, and the abuse that followed
The comment section: awrah, nymphos, ninjas.
19 Aug, 16:40
'Bloated' workforce, council meetings and paid promoters
News in brief from Tuesday, August 18.
19 Aug, 06:47
Everyone is having fewer children. The Maldives is not special
The decline began here with women no longer dying in childbirth.
18 Aug, 16:22
Beyond reach, counter petitions and Premier Bank
News in brief from Monday, August 17.
18 Aug, 07:05
Teacher, healer, protector: the surfer behind Aloha Ufaa
Saazu on surfing, healing and building a community by the sea.
17 Aug, 14:19
MTCC leak, rival petitions and fuel loan
News in brief from Sunday, August 16.
17 Aug, 07:31
Why Maldivian scientists are missing from their own marine research
Parachute science only explains why foreigners are overrepresented.
16 Aug, 15:52
Petition threshold, Shahid campaign and offshore booking
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, August 14 and 15.
16 Aug, 06:54
The lingering ghosts of Maldives
Why fear runs through our folklore and what it was for.
15 Aug, 15:07
MDP protest, presidential hopefuls and new judges
News in brief from Thursday, August 13.
14 Aug, 06:41
Debt, trade and the bridge: India's envoy on exceptions New Delhi makes for Maldives
'We did it only for Maldives as a special case.'
13 Aug, 18:17
NGOs object, dollar forum and fuel loan
News in brief from Wednesday, August 12.
13 Aug, 06:19
