Maldives News
An RTI office 'structured to fail': lessons from five years as Information Commissioner
The outgoing commissioner on progress, resistance and a chronically underfunded office.
20 Sep, 13:37
Indian interest, plastic ban and debt sermon
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, September 18 and 19.
20 Sep, 09:06
Muizzu wins ticket, Indian debt and arts decline
News in brief from Thursday, September 17.
18 Sep, 09:30
'A slap on my face': Ali Waheed's return and the men who stayed in public life
A complainant says she was pressured into withdrawing her statement.
17 Sep, 20:16
Indian bond, GST backlash and PNC VPs
News in brief from Wednesday, September 16.
17 Sep, 07:06
Gone in 60 seconds: the falling rate and the rationing bank
What the 7am scramble for dollars says about the shortage.
16 Sep, 16:05
Malaysian money, PNC congress and expat wages
News in brief from Tuesday, September 15.
16 Sep, 08:52
Britain calls Chagos bilateral. The tuna do not
One purse-seine year in Chagos nearly matched our whole yellowfin catch.
15 Sep, 14:54
Anwar arrival, falling rate and trade-based laundering
News in brief from Monday, September 14.
15 Sep, 08:59
The bag levy could have been a waste revolution. Instead it's just a tax
Pay-as-you-throw charges households for what they actually throw away.
14 Sep, 15:02
Feydhoo flooding, mosque foundation and conversion anniversary
News in brief from Sunday, September 13.
14 Sep, 09:02
The price of privilege: the cost of maintaining an ‘impotent’ legislature
Ninety-three MPs, MVR92 million a year and shrinking scrutiny.
13 Sep, 16:14
'Near miss,' e-commerce caps and southern floods
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, September 11 and 12.
13 Sep, 09:02
The last of Malé's old market
Photographs from 2021, before the road widened and the stalls moved.
12 Sep, 17:19
Landlord jailed, CSR discretion and 'banana republic'
News in brief from Thursday, September 10.
11 Sep, 10:45
As El Niño builds, Maldivian reefs are running out of time to recover
A global report cites their recovery but bleaching events are now coming faster.
10 Sep, 17:07
Discounted plot, port relocation and forex crackdown
News in brief from Wednesday, September 9.
10 Sep, 08:28
The Maldives is taxing the world's travel agents. What the new T-GST law does
The World Bank said this would not work.
09 Sep, 21:12
Refused summons, Chagos talks and heatstroke risk
News in brief from Tuesday, September 8.
09 Sep, 06:39
Fenaka scrapped, Aasandha capped: everything Muizzu announced
What else came up: nationalisation, resort dividends and media exclusion.
08 Sep, 21:00
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