Maldives News
Sultan Iskandar and the Sayyid’s rebuke: a reign of glory and critique
Religious authority challenged royal power in 1686.
06 Sep 2025, 14:55
Episode 11: Dredging threatens Maldives’ precious Baa Atoll Biosphere Reserve
Policy changes that fast-track environmental approvals threaten centuries-old reefs. Coral advocates sound the alarm.
05 Sep 2025, 16:38
Debt spiral, Kendhoo protest and Parley award
News in brief from Thursday, September 4.
05 Sep 2025, 12:17
Parliamentary Awards 2025: VIP globetrotters, empty accounts and million-Rufiyaa gifts
Asset disclosure math doesn't add up, but VIP lounge bills do.
04 Sep 2025, 16:15
Journalists' petition, asset disclosures and fruit prices
News in brief from Wednesday, September 3.
04 Sep 2025, 10:03
"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
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