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Maldives News

News In Brief

Fuvahmulah protests, ACC budget and seaweed export

News in brief from Wednesday, November 12.

13 Nov 2025, 08:52

Society

Fuvahmulah left without water after years of inaction on known leaks

Authorities knew since 2020, but residents were kept uninformed.

12 Nov 2025, 19:55

News In Brief

Water crisis, housing pledges and mosque vandalism

News in brief from Tuesday, November 11.

12 Nov 2025, 09:14

Environment

Environment minister bypassed safeguards to approve Addu wetlands reclamation

Three-day approval ahead of presidential visit.

11 Nov 2025, 18:08

News In Brief

Fuvahmulah crisis, transaction limits and trademark law

News in brief from Monday, November 10.

11 Nov 2025, 09:37

Society

Different addresses, same desperation: voices from Malé's housing divide

Migrants and natives share their stories of struggle.

10 Nov 2025, 18:46

News In Brief

Hanimaadhoo airport, police misconduct and university criteria

News in brief from Sunday, November 9.

10 Nov 2025, 09:06

Politics

Maldives government and civil society present competing realities at UN human rights review

Exiled activists counter official narrative of "steady progress."

09 Nov 2025, 18:03

News In Brief

Customs reinstatement, no-bid contracts and protest cancellation

News in brief from Friday and Saturday, November 7 and 8.

09 Nov 2025, 10:26

Fiction

Fiction: The Mudhim

A prayer leader's dawn of loss and grace.

08 Nov 2025, 16:52

News In Brief

Record signings, MPL negligence and wetlands reclamation

News in brief from Thursday, November 6.

07 Nov 2025, 08:24

Column: by Saif Fathih

More than a line on an ID card: the permanent address dilemma

Solving one injustice could create another.

06 Nov 2025, 17:15

News In Brief

Military power, Addu projects and coral extraction

News in brief from Wednesday, November 5.

06 Nov 2025, 10:15

Society

Battle over Binveriya: the exclusive land scheme tearing Maldivians apart

Capital privilege or rightful inheritance? Debate rages over free plots for Malé natives.

05 Nov 2025, 21:58

News In Brief

Fuvahmulah foundations, priority projects and heist update

News in brief from Tuesday, November 4.

05 Nov 2025, 09:21

Environment

When "protected" means nothing: the state of Maldives' environmental safeguards

A vanished island, dormant fund, 87 unmanaged paper parks.

04 Nov 2025, 19:39

News In Brief

Victory Day, port safety and Addu separation

News in brief from Monday, November 3.

04 Nov 2025, 09:43

Society

Maldives makes history with generational ban as smuggling makes mockery of tobacco control

Smuggled cigarettes exceed legal sales as customs revenue collapses.

03 Nov 2025, 18:15

News In Brief

Capsizing death, Victory Day and police busts

News in brief from Sunday, November 2.

03 Nov 2025, 08:43

Economy

Between government optimism and World Bank warnings: dissecting the 2026 budget

Seventy cents of every dollar will go to debt payments.

02 Nov 2025, 23:06

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