Maldives News
"Throw it out": journalists deliver unified rejection of media regulation bill
Representatives from 22 outlets unanimously opposed "media control bill."
03 Sep 2025, 22:30
China-Maldives pacts, Fuvahmulah lockdown and Baa protest
News in brief from Tuesday, September 2.
03 Sep 2025, 10:29
Come November, Maldivian waters will no longer be a shark sanctuary
Slow-growing gulper sharks face renewed hunting for squalene oil.
02 Sep 2025, 17:24
Media consensus, captain death and MDP protest
News in brief from Monday, September 1.
02 Sep 2025, 10:15
Adduans still measure development against abandoned British base
"Nothing pledged has panned out for us."
01 Sep 2025, 16:31
Meeting Xi, regulator pushback and Dhonfanu reclamation
News in brief from Sunday, August 31.
01 Sep 2025, 10:08
From 30 coral rooms to global luxury: tourism titan MU Maniku dies at 78
A quartet of pioneers built an industry out of nothing.
31 Aug 2025, 15:21
Pioneer's passing, Epstein meeting and media control
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, August 29 and 30.
31 Aug 2025, 10:44
Beyond the 1,000 Rufiyaa note: the fight to protect Maldives' whale sharks
Celebrating the gentle giants on International Whale Shark Day.
30 Aug 2025, 16:32
Rebuffed demand, missing Nepali and unlicensed resort
News in brief from Thursday, August 28.
29 Aug 2025, 13:59
Maldives media stands firm in standoff over "control bill"
Parliament pushes ahead with creation of new regulator.
28 Aug 2025, 23:00
Media fight, impaling journalists and supply scam
News in brief from Wednesday, August 27.
28 Aug 2025, 10:55
Fast-tracked environmental approval puts ancient Maldives corals at risk
Planned resort in Goidhoo lagoon threatens 500-year-old coral ecosystem.
27 Aug 2025, 19:10
Democratic backsliding, shark fishing and airport projects
News in brief from Tuesday, August 26.
27 Aug 2025, 10:24
"I did nothing": young Maldivians channel Gaza guilt into pro-Palestine activism
Pizza Hut closed. KFC shuttered. Coke under pressure.
26 Aug 2025, 17:05
Presidential disavowal, murder conviction and land theft
News in brief from Monday, August 25.
26 Aug 2025, 09:52
Death penalty bluster masks Maldives drug policy blunders
Small-time users face same fate as major traffickers.
25 Aug 2025, 17:08
National Day, freedom bounds and media control
News in brief from Sunday, August 24.
25 Aug 2025, 09:56
The battle for control over Maldives media
Proposed law could replace self-regulation and state control.
24 Aug 2025, 17:33
Villa compensation, Zakat expansion and engine maintenance
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, August 22 and 23.
24 Aug 2025, 10:11
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