Maldives
Maldives Inc.
Maldives today is a capitalist dream. Mega development projects that aspire to ‘change the very map of the country’ are underway across the length and breadth of the 1200 islands. But the fact is, the very existence of Maldives is at risk, writes Azra Naseem
21 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Opposition leader to be investigated over arrest warrant for president
Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed, the leader of the newly launched opposition coalition, is being investigated by the police on suspicion of links to a forged warrant for President Abdulla Yameen’s arrest.
20 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Three more soldiers jailed over boat blast
Three more soldiers have been sentenced to jail on charges of obstructing justice over the September 28 blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
20 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives to execute death row inmates by hanging
Death row prisoners will be executed within thirty days of the Supreme Court upholding or issuing a guilty verdict, Home Minister Umar Naseer said in an interview on Friday..
19 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Home minister stripped of power to seek surveillance orders
A three member committee will vet suspects before Naseer can seek a monitoring and control – or ‘monicon’ orders – on them from the high court.
19 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
PPM divisions reopen over Gayoom’s opposition to grant Yameen party ticket
MPs and members of the PPM have taken to social media calling for Yameen to be awarded the party ticket without a primary after local media claimed that former president and PPM leader Gayoom had refused to endorse his half-brother for the 2018 polls.
16 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Saudis defend Maldives first lady over date controversy
The embassy of Saudi Arabia in Malé has spoken out in defence of the first lady of the Maldives, who has been accused of corruption when it emerged that an NGO she founded was distributing dates gifted by the kingdom in its name.
15 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Home minister moves to halt production of historical documentary
The home ministry has ordered a southern island to halt production on a movie documenting the forced eviction of its residents in 1962 as collective punishment for a separatist movement.
14 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
First lady dubbed ‘date thief’
First Lady Fathimath Ibrahim has sparked a firestorm of criticism after it emerged that a charity organisation she founded was distributing packets of dates gifted by Saudi Arabia to the people of the Maldives in its name.
14 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Father of toddler arrested in custody battle
The father of a two-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday when he refused to comply with a court warrant ordering the return of his toddler to the mother.
13 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Ex-chief prosecutor found guilty of terrorism for conspiring to kidnap president
The criminal court has found the former chief prosecutor guilty of terrorism for conspiring to kidnap President Abdulla Yameen. Muhthaz Muhsin was handed a 17-year jail term tonight.
10 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Ex-vice president of Maldives convicted of bomb attack on president
Ahmed Adeeb, the former vice president of Maldives, and two of his military bodyguards have been found guilty by the criminal court for plotting to assassinate the president using a bomb on the presidential speedboat.
09 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Historic drug bust nets four suspects and 29kg of heroin
Maldivian police said they have seized 29 kilos of heroin and arrested four in the biggest drug bust in the country’s history.
08 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives ex-vice president found guilty of terrorism
The Maldives’ former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has been convicted of terrorism moments ago. He was handed a 10-year jail sentence.
05 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Court hears closing arguments in pistol and graft charge against Adeeb
The criminal court heard Saturday closing arguments in two separate trials on graft and terrorism charges against detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb.
05 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Court hears evidence against Adeeb in boat blast trial
The criminal court heard Thursday evidence against detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb over a terrorism charge relating to an alleged assassination plot on President Abdulla Yameen.
04 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Two boys stabbed to death, minister announces ‘tough love’ camp
Two 14-year-old boys died of stab injuries in Malé on Friday, prompting Home Minister Umar Naseer to announce a “tough love” rehabilitation camp for young criminal offenders.
04 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
A democracy do-over in the Maldives
Abdul Ghafoor Mohamed, former Maldives ambassador to the US, examines the reasons for the anger, despair, disillusionment and hope surrounding the newly launched United Maldives Opposition.
04 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives fighters in Syria warn government and leaders
Bilad Al Sham, the media section of Maldivians fighting in Syria, has released a YouTube video describing the country’s leaders as Taghut – unjust tyrants, opponents of the Prophet, or evil powers—they are at war with. Makers of the video describe it as ‘a small warning.’
03 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Chief judge takes over all of Adeeb’s trials, holds back-to-back hearings
The controversial chief judge of the criminal court, Abdul Bari Yoosuf, has taken charge of all five trials on graft and terror charges against former Vice President Ahmed Abeeb. On Wednesday, he concluded hearing evidence in three of the trials and is holding back-to-back hearings in a terrorism trial today.
02 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
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