Maldives News


Things fall apart; the hemline cannot rise.
Let her do her job. Stop measuring her hemline.
04 Jan, 10:07


Foreign airport management, Avid College reprimand and Sunny detention
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, January 2 and 3.
04 Jan, 08:20


First tourist, Indian airport operator and expat quota rules
News in brief from Thursday, January 1.
02 Jan, 06:43


Civil service modesty code, Manday's 397-year sentence and Yameen Rasheed murder
News in brief from Wednesday, December 31.
01 Jan, 09:25


Stress test: 2025 Year in Review
Courts, nepo babies, medicine, housing, debt: the year's fault lines.
31 Dec 2025, 17:35


Gang designation, FIU head suspension and Hirimaradhoo relocation
News in brief from Tuesday, December 30.
31 Dec 2025, 09:05


Two tiers, 22,900 homes on paper: Malé's new housing rules
What changed, who qualifies, and what's still missing.
30 Dec 2025, 17:59


Social housing rules, affordable flats and Indian surveillance
News in brief from Monday, December 29.
30 Dec 2025, 09:01


Stranded students left to fend for themselves abroad
Scholarship and loan recipients describe systemic neglect by higher education ministry.
29 Dec 2025, 16:51


Housing updates, terrorism conviction and airport's busiest day
News in brief from Sunday, December 28.
29 Dec 2025, 08:07


Two decades after the tsunami, "safer islands" need expansion and protection
Environmental groups warned this would happen within decades.
28 Dec 2025, 17:11


K-Park conviction, PNC primaries and Rasmalé protest
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, December 26 and 27.
28 Dec 2025, 08:30


China aid, Shamaan release and single-parent allowance
News in brief from Thursday, December 25.
26 Dec 2025, 07:30


Breaking cycles: what’s missing in our blueprint for revolution?
We have the energy. We lack the strategy.
25 Dec 2025, 17:35


Presidents united, drug networks and mass legalisation
News in brief from Wednesday, December 24.
25 Dec 2025, 09:29


Bangladeshi recruiter goes to prison. Maldives Immigration officials he bribed keep their jobs.
No Maldivian has ever been convicted for human trafficking.
24 Dec 2025, 19:10


Alcohol-free islands, cycle theft and uprooted trees
News in brief from Tuesday, December 23.
24 Dec 2025, 09:49


The Maldives didn't "decide" to fish sustainably. It always has.
A day aboard a fishing boat from bait to sale.
23 Dec 2025, 17:34


Air pollution hazard, council jurisdiction and primary dispute
News in brief from Monday, December 22.
23 Dec 2025, 08:59


Maldives gets failing grades on money laundering and terrorism financing
Global watchdog warns of political interference, zero convictions.
22 Dec 2025, 16:45

