Maldives News
One in six Maldivian teenagers has considered suicide. They're turning to AI for help.
Youth mental health consultations up 400 percent. The system can't cope.
15 Dec 2025, 16:00
SOE losses, subsidised diesel and card limits
News in brief from Sunday, December 14.
15 Dec 2025, 07:29
“If you build in Britain, we will back you”
The UK's High Commissioner on Britain's pitch to investors.
14 Dec 2025, 15:39
MP Mauroof arrest, HDC settlement deal and air quality hazard
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, December 12 and 13.
14 Dec 2025, 09:00
Protest crackdown, school violence and SEZ township
News in brief from Thursday, December 11.
12 Dec 2025, 08:17
Community policing belongs in the law. Don't gut it.
A former commissioner warns against dismantling trust-building reforms.
11 Dec 2025, 17:43
Fishermen's protest, pension board resignation and new PSM boss
News in brief from Wednesday, December 10.
11 Dec 2025, 08:33
Banyans and saplings: 100 years old, replaced by inches tall
Ministry scrubbed tree height guidelines after replacing century-old banyans with inch-tall saplings.
10 Dec 2025, 18:01
Ring road expansion, SEZ township and mayoral laments
News in brief from Tuesday, December 9.
10 Dec 2025, 09:13
Trousers for girls, beards for boys: school uniform policy reignites Maldives culture war
Girls must wear trousers from age nine under the new rules.
09 Dec 2025, 18:18
Fazul cleared, MDP interim chair and policeman arrest
News in brief from Monday, December 8.
09 Dec 2025, 09:24
Why Maldivian courts have every right to try the FAM corruption case
Former PG Hussain Shameem dismantles the FIFA defence.
08 Dec 2025, 16:56
Housing-dominated town hall, Thinadhoo flooding and transaction limits
News in brief from Sunday, December 7.
08 Dec 2025, 09:58
Death penalty for drug traffickers: What the new law says
Sweeping changes to sentencing, scheduling and rehabilitation.
07 Dec 2025, 22:00
Death penalty for trafficking, swallowed drugs and vape seizures
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, December 5 and 6.
07 Dec 2025, 09:07
Dissecting decentralisation: how island councils are about to change
With more changes to the Decentralisation Act approved, we take a closer look at what is happening to local governance in the atolls.
04 Dec 2025, 17:14
Not just flowers and photo-ops: what Malé needs from its mayor
Mayor Adam Azim is campaigning for a second term, but what does it take to lead the country’s capital?
02 Dec 2025, 16:51
Maldives reefs at risk as coral tipping point is crossed
New research finds warm-water reefs have passed their climate threshold, endangering reef nations.
01 Dec 2025, 14:13
Council downsizing, Moody's rating and ex-president privileges
News in brief from Thursday, November 27.
28 Nov 2025, 10:19
One hook, one fish, one code: The Maldives already has ethical tuna. Now we must prove it.
Certifications don't tell the entire story.
27 Nov 2025, 15:00
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