Maldives News
"Aisha" summons, food rules and police pushback
News in brief from Tuesday, May 5.
06 May, 09:03
Where to turn: a guide to the Maldives' mental health support system and the plan to rebuild it
Where to call, what to expect and what's being built.
05 May, 15:29
Adhadhu passwords, data privacy and EC warning
News in brief from Monday, May 4.
05 May, 08:23
Sponsored silence, anonymous noise: the state of Maldivian press freedom
A parallel whistleblowing ecosystem on X is filling the vacuum.
04 May, 16:02
Press Freedom Day, Sri Lanka visit and dredging complaints
News in brief from Sunday, May 3.
04 May, 06:31
The housing "crisis" is manufactured. The trees are not: a response to Minister Muththalib
Centralisation made the shortage. Felling funavaa won't fix it.
03 May, 15:42
Dollar controls, commissioner resignation and rival May Day rallies
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2.
03 May, 09:01
Malé lost, Malé found: an archive of vanishing third places
The walks, the benches, the meetup spots.
02 May, 13:31
Press freedom slide, MDP remorse and spox charmer
News in brief from Thursday, April 30.
01 May, 09:29
The week the state moved: rebuilding a mental health system mid-crisis
1,300 on the waitlist and a hospital a year away.
30 Apr, 17:54
Qazf charges, anti-defection ruling and fuel storage
News in brief from Wednesday, April 29.
30 Apr, 09:25
Q&A with Meekail Naseem, the 32-year-old pitching himself as MDP's neutral broker
On factional strife, the Nasheed switch, and the road to 2028.
29 Apr, 17:00
Raid fallout, broadcast halt order and lightning strikes
News in brief from Tuesday, April 28.
29 Apr, 07:42
Inside the Adhadhu raid: qazf, seizures, and a state closing ranks
An unprecedented religious charge against a newsroom and what followed.
28 Apr, 19:05
Adhadhu raid, mental health and project funeral
News in brief from Monday, April 27.
28 Apr, 07:53
"No coincidences": Suood on the unfreezing of the Supreme Court
Former justice says stalled cases moved on a political timeline, not by chance.
27 Apr, 16:48
Funava reprieve, MDP campaign and new ambassadors
News in brief from Sunday, April 26.
27 Apr, 08:23
Comment: why real estate matters for the Maldives
"Real estate cannot grow in a vacuum."
26 Apr, 16:47
Compromised blood, mayor assault and shark attacks
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, April 24 and 25.
26 Apr, 08:59
City limits: capturing Malé’s inspiring capacity
Photographer Jauson Lomo explores the teeming life struggling to be contained within the Maldives’ cramped island capital.
25 Apr, 15:27
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