Maldives

Maldives ports company launches housing scheme

The MPL has invited employees to apply for 432 apartments.

Maldives state utility awards 20 sewerage projects

Contracts worth US$56.2 million were signed with Sri Lanka-based Haycarb PLC.

Licensed lawyers in Maldives exceed 1,500

Some 181 new graduates were awarded licenses to practice law Monday night.

PPM processing voter registration for government workers

The opposition is seeking probes into the misuse of state resources.

First open hearing in slain Maldives blogger’s murder trial

Defence lawyers argued the murder charges were unclear.

Religion takes centre stage in Maldives election

Hardliners support the incumbent while the religious conservative party backs the opposition.

Maldives president takes aim at opponent

Yameen challenged the opposition candidate to answer to the alleged “betrayals” of the MDP government.

Ibu’s pledges: new cities and affordable domestic travel

Ibu opposes population consolidation in the “concrete jungle” of Malé.

Maldives resort ballot boxes exceed 2013 figure

More than 40 resorts will have polling stations.

Maldives election body to verify voter registration after complaints of fraud

More than 12,800 have registered to vote outside their home constituency.

President pledges ‘total solution’ to Maldives housing crisis

A second city will be developed for a population of 315,000, Yameen announced.

Electoral body accepts Ibu’s candidacy

The joint opposition presidential candidate is campaigning in Baa atoll.

Maldives resort ordered to remove ‘idols’

The president’s office cited “significant public sentiment against the installation of underwater sculptures.”

Teen stabbed in Maldives capital

No arrests have been made so far.

Maldives police arrest two after house raid

The house belongs to the family of a fugitive wanted in connection with a graft scandal.

Maldives top court overturns order to reinstate 12 MPs

Maldives man ‘beheaded in Syria’ had history of extremism

Ahmed Zubair went to Syria with his wife and two kids.

Anger, U-turns and losing the right to vote in the Maldives: A Q&A

There are concerns about voter manipulation, transparency and confusion caused by the changes.

Maldives High Court gets two new judges

Two vacancies remain on the High Court judges’ bench even with the new hires.

Maldives authorities silent on rape and sexual assault statistics

There were 355 sexual offence cases reported to police in 2017. Figures for 2018 are unavailable.