Maldives News
State challenges payout to official sacked over sexual harassment claim
The attorney general’s office has filed a case at the high court to overturn a lower court order to compensate a top government official sacked for sexual harassment
29 Aug 2016, 09:00
Vice president returns after official visit to UAE
Vice President Abdulla Jihad returned to the Maldives this morning after an official visit to the United Arab Emirates.
29 Aug 2016, 09:00
A conversation on the MUO’s plan for a transitional government
Hussain Shameem, the MUO’s shadow cabinet minister for constitutional reform, speaks about details of the opposition’s plans for the transition and beyond
29 Aug 2016, 09:00
Sewage leaks in Malé prompt concerns over health risks
Residents of Maafannu ward in Malé have raised concern over health risks posed by untreated sewage leaks in their homes and the streets amid a bout of heavy rain and stormy weather
28 Aug 2016, 09:00
Government offers land for sale in Hulhumalé
The properties for sale in Hulhumalé include 38 beachfront plots and 38 beachside plots, each between 1,000 to 1,800 square feet. Bidding will start at MVR3,000 (US$195) per square feet.
28 Aug 2016, 09:00
Ministers and MPs step up nationalistic rhetoric over removal plot
The opposition is being slammed as traitors, and Maldivians are being urged to “close ranks against colonial powers” described by some as involved in an effort to destroy the Islamic faith
28 Aug 2016, 09:00
Business lobby calls for ban on foreign press over ‘damage to Maldives tourism’
Foreign journalists have been biased in their reporting on the Maldives and must be banned from working long-term in the Maldives, says the MNCCI
28 Aug 2016, 09:00
Nasheed ordered to repay ‘misused’ money
Nasheed and six senior officials of his administration have been ordered to repay government funds they had “misused,” the finance ministry has said
27 Aug 2016, 09:00
Political parties given deadline to re-register members under new fingerprint law
Political party members whose fingerprints are not on file at the elections commission have until October 11 to submit their records under a new law
27 Aug 2016, 09:00
Paradise with hell’s furore
Mushfique Mohamed writes on how the Maldives’ government uses postcolonial rhetoric to justify subjugation and economic exploitation
27 Aug 2016, 09:00
Opposition leaders’ arrival in Sri Lanka fuels speculation of Yameen’s ouster
The leaders of the Maldives United Opposition have travelled to Sri Lanka after several months of exile in the United Kingdom, fuelling growing speculation of President Abdulla Yameen’s imminent ouster.
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
Watchdog reacts furiously to Commonwealth plan for judicial reform
The JSC says it was not consulted on the Commonwealth’s plan to hire a lawyer to assist in reforming the commission and the judiciary
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
Maldives to subject foreign press to background checks
Foreign journalists and photographers are now required to share details of their work, travel histories, education, bank account and criminal records, if any, before their arrival
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
Adeeb calls fresh terror trial a “big joke”
Adeeb labeled the trial a farce when a judge overruled his concerns of procedural irregularities
25 Aug 2016, 09:00
High court hears challenge to work ban on ex Haveeru staff
The civil court ruling, which prohibits all former Haveeru employees from working at any other news outlet for two years, is unconstitutional and will amount to forced labour, attorneys said
24 Aug 2016, 09:00
How the defamation law has changed Maldives’ media landscape
The new defamation law has forced newsrooms across the Maldives to practice self censorship, use broadcasting delays and control what is said by politicians on talk shows
24 Aug 2016, 09:00
Four soldiers fired and placed under investigation
Four of the eight soldiers arrested earlier this month on charges of conspiring to oust the Yameen administration have been dismissed and placed under investigation
23 Aug 2016, 09:00
Gayoom’s daughter in Twitter campaign to save Malé’s heritage
Since her first tweet on August 15, Yumna, niece to President Yameen, has criticised her uncle’s plans to relocate an 18th century coral stone mosque to a southern atoll and alleged that a 17th century minaret may be relocated for road expansion.
23 Aug 2016, 09:00
Yameen is worried by dissent from PPM MPs
Yameen discussed taking action against ruling party MPs who voted against government-sponsored legislation in a three-hour meeting on Sunday.
22 Aug 2016, 09:00
PPM MP threatens to sue Al-Jazeera over corruption expose
A ruling party MP threatened to sue al-Jazeera last night over an upcoming documentary about alleged corruption and abuse of power by President Abdulla Yameen that has put the government on the defensive.
22 Aug 2016, 09:00
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