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Maldives News

Society

Stranded students left to fend for themselves abroad

Scholarship and loan recipients describe systemic neglect by higher education ministry.

29 Dec 2025, 16:51

News In Brief

Housing updates, terrorism conviction and airport's busiest day

News in brief from Sunday, December 28.

29 Dec 2025, 08:07

Society

Two decades after the tsunami, "safer islands" need expansion and protection

Environmental groups warned this would happen within decades.

28 Dec 2025, 17:11

News In Brief

K-Park conviction, PNC primaries and Rasmalé protest

News in brief from Friday and Saturday, December 26 and 27.

28 Dec 2025, 08:30

News In Brief

China aid, Shamaan release and single-parent allowance

News in brief from Thursday, December 25.

26 Dec 2025, 07:30

Opinion

Breaking cycles: what’s missing in our blueprint for revolution?

We have the energy. We lack the strategy.

25 Dec 2025, 17:35

News In Brief

Presidents united, drug networks and mass legalisation

News in brief from Wednesday, December 24.

25 Dec 2025, 09:29

Society

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

News In Brief

Alcohol-free islands, cycle theft and uprooted trees

News in brief from Tuesday, December 23.

24 Dec 2025, 09:49

Column: Atoll Dispatch

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

News In Brief

Air pollution hazard, council jurisdiction and primary dispute

News in brief from Monday, December 22.

23 Dec 2025, 08:59

Explainer

Maldives gets failing grades on money laundering and terrorism financing

Global watchdog warns of political interference, zero convictions.

22 Dec 2025, 16:45

News In Brief

Rent waiver, town hall pledges and Hiya stabbing

News in brief from Sunday, December 21.

22 Dec 2025, 08:50

Commentary

The class monitor president

The full weight of the state apparatus, serving one man's teenage insecurities.

21 Dec 2025, 16:01

News In Brief

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

Arts And Culture

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

News In Brief

Muizzu approval, 109-year prison sentence and expat curfew

News in brief from Thursday, December 18.

19 Dec 2025, 09:32

Society

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

News In Brief

Expatriate curfew, SME woes, Zariyand for mayor

News in brief from Wednesday, December 17.

18 Dec 2025, 08:21

Economy

"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

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