A 29-year-old man was stabbed to death during an altercation in Laamu Maavah. Moosa Ibrahim, from the Nalahiya house in Maavah, died of a stab wound to the neck. Mohamed Ibrahim, a 29-year-old man from Haa Dhaal Nolhivaranfaru, was taken into custody on suspicion of committing the murder, police said. A police diving team recovered the knife from the island's lagoon.
On his first state visit to the Maldives, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake was accorded a ceremonial welcome at Malé's Republic Square. Following official talks – which he described as "productive" – he presided over the exchange of a MoU on diplomatic training and a treaty on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters. After delivering a joint press statement with his counterpart, President Muizzu hosted a banquet in the Sri Lankan president's honour and hailed the bond between the countries as "deeply rooted in shared history, common values, and the close kinship of the people."
The RTL speedboat service was introduced in Baa atoll, connecting 13 inhabited islands under the 'Integrated National Public Ferry Network' due to be completed this year. The opposition MDP decried the removal of the party's yellow colour from the RTL logo.
State dignitary Hassan Sobir passed away at the age of 73 after battling cancer. He was laid to rest with official honours at the Galolhu cemetery.
