Maldives News
Assistant governor resigns after president withdraws nomination
Neeza Imad, the assistant governor of the Maldives central bank, resigned Sunday after President Abdulla Yameen withdrew her nomination to replace the outgoing governor.
21 Aug 2017, 09:00
Teachers threatened with dismissal for joining protest
The education ministry has threatened to sack four teachers from the southern islands of Thinadhoo and Villigili alleged to have taken part in anti-government protest marches over the jailing of opposition lawmakers.
21 Aug 2017, 09:00
Court rejects plea to suspend MP Faris’s identity fraud trial
At a preliminary hearing Sunday morning, Judge Ibrahim Ali announced that the trial will commence on October 8 after a mandatory 30-day period required by the new criminal procedures law.
21 Aug 2017, 09:00
MPs Ameeth and Saud released with conditions
The criminal court imposed a curfew of 9 pm on the pair and prohibited them from meeting any witnesses. Their release was conditional upon appearing at court when summoned.
20 Aug 2017, 09:00
MDP fined MVR60k for alleged call to gather outside police headquarters
A tweet urging supporters to come to the police station in solidarity with an elderly female activist summoned for questioning “violates section seven and 48 of the Political Parties Act as well as the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act,” the electoral body informed the MDP.
20 Aug 2017, 09:00
Opposition wins Kamadhoo by-election
Backed by the four-party opposition coalition, the Maldivian Democratic Party’s candidate for a vacant seat on the Baa atoll Kamadhoo island council won Saturday’s by-election against the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives candidate.
20 Aug 2017, 09:00
Opposition warns of undoing ‘corrupt’ land sales
The housing ministry is planning to auction 19 plots of land in Malé ranging from 4,000 to 7,7000 square feet with bidding to start at MVR15,000 (US$973) per square foot.
20 Aug 2017, 09:00
MDP vice president accused of defaming Elections Commission
Shifaz, a former lawmaker, was summoned for questioning Tuesday night for alleging during the 2017 local council elections campaign that the independent electoral body was subject to undue influence from President Abdulla Yameen.
17 Aug 2017, 09:00
Court releases MP Waheed and JP secretary-general
MP Mohamed Waheed Ibrahim has been released by the criminal court after 23 days in police custody on the condition that the lawmaker shares his phone number and refrains from committing any crimes.
17 Aug 2017, 09:00
Judge decides to proceed with MP Ibrahim Didi’s terrorism trial
The judge overruled objections from the defence lawyer who contended that the lawmaker could not be prosecuted for the second time on the same charge as the Prosecutor General’s office had withdrawn the case two years ago.
17 Aug 2017, 09:00
Villa slams tax authority over lawsuits to recover US$166m
Villa and its subsidiary companies do not owe any money to the state, the legal team insisted in a statement Monday, accusing the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority of trying to “discredit the companies and damage the businesses”.
16 Aug 2017, 09:00
Rilwan and Yameen’s relatives fired for joining protest march
The nephew of missing journalist Ahmed Rilwan and sister of murdered blogger Yameen Rasheed were sacked on Monday for joining a protest march to mark three years after the former was abducted at knifepoint.
16 Aug 2017, 09:00
Two expats caught after escape from detention centre
The pair was among five Bangladeshi men who broke out of the expat detention centre after tearing through a tin fence.
16 Aug 2017, 09:00
Central bank governor steps down
Dr Azeema Adam has stepped down as governor of the central bank to relocate with her husband who recently took up the double post of permanent representative to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States.
16 Aug 2017, 09:00
‘The cash that entered my house was not halal’: Yameen
The opposition has seized upon President Abdulla Yameen’s apparent admission that he benefited from a historic corruption scandal pinned on his jailed former right-hand man.
15 Aug 2017, 09:00
Teacher sacked for wearing niqab
A primary school teacher on the island of Mathiveri in Alif Alif atoll was sacked on Thursday for refusing to take off her niqab, or full-face veil, in compliance with a controversial civil service dress code.
14 Aug 2017, 09:00
Dozen opposition MPs face charges for entering parliament building
The police are seeking charges against 12 opposition MPs alleged to have scaled security barricades to enter the People’s Majlis building on July 24.
14 Aug 2017, 09:00
Witnesses testify against Raajje TV arson suspect
The trial of the only suspect charged over the torching of the opposition-aligned Raajje TV in October 2013 resumed Monday afternoon with three policemen testifying for the prosecution.
14 Aug 2017, 09:00
Nadheem’s murder suspect served time for violating monicon order
A suspect arrested Thursday night in connection with a fatal stabbing in the capital was released in April after serving a one-year prison term for violating a ‘monitoring and control’ order.
13 Aug 2017, 09:00
PPM rallies support for government
The ruling Progressive Party of Maldives staged rallies across the country Saturday in a show of support for the administration of embattled President Abdulla Yameen.
13 Aug 2017, 09:00
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