Maldives News


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


Rent waiver, town hall pledges and Hiya stabbing
News in brief from Sunday, December 21.
22 Dec 2025, 08:50


The class monitor president
The full weight of the state apparatus, serving one man's teenage insecurities.
21 Dec 2025, 16:01


Money laundering hub, social housing relief and Melbourne flights
News in brief from Friday and Saturday, December 19 and 20.
21 Dec 2025, 09:07


The wounds that follow you home: Ganaa turns the lens on bullying in the Maldives
The new thriller series asks who the real monsters are.
20 Dec 2025, 14:39


Muizzu approval, 109-year prison sentence and expat curfew
News in brief from Thursday, December 18.
19 Dec 2025, 09:32


The forever accused: when waiting for trial becomes the punishment
Muizzu vowed to end vaanuvaa. Hundreds remain trapped in legal limbo.
18 Dec 2025, 21:33


Expatriate curfew, SME woes, Zariyand for mayor
News in brief from Wednesday, December 17.
18 Dec 2025, 08:21


"Can't carry on, can't go out to fish": Maldives yellowfin industry fights for survival
A fleet that once numbered 300 has shrunk to 97.
17 Dec 2025, 16:24

