The Prosecutor General’s Office filed murder charges against Ahmed Aashid, along with accessory charges against Mohamed Wisam and Ahmed Faris, over the killing of Abdul Rahman Adam, who was murdered while sleeping at his home in Alif Alif Maalhos in July.
Mohamed Samaam Rasheed, 28, from Gaaf Alif Villingili, and three Thai women – Junpen Kunbonphitak, 38, Patcharidha Bannabodi, 24, and Supavadee Jomtarak, 21 – were arrested on suspicion of soliciting prostitution following a police raid at Peace Salon and Spa in Malé. The Criminal Court ordered Samaam’s detention for five days, Junpen and Supavadee for three days each, and Patcharidha for 30 days.
An alleged sexual assault of two minors was reported Sunday and is currently being investigated, according to police.
The immigration department announced that it will transition to an e-visa system starting next Sunday, replacing the passport visa stamps. Existing work visa stamps for migrants with valid permits will be voided and replaced with e-visas. Other visa categories for non-migrant workers will also shift to the e-visa system, though current visa holders will not be affected.
Muizzu inaugurated the first Urban Primary Healthcare Center in Maafannu. Operated by the Malé City Group of Hospitals, the centre will offer general practitioner services, referrals to specialists and consultants for advanced care, and provide national public health programmes.
High Court Judge Abdulla Jameel Moosa replaced Judge Mohamed Faisal as the court’s interim chief judge.
Velana International Airport will introduce E-gates to replace border control counters, with ten gates to be installed at both the arrival and departure terminals by January, President Muizzu announced. Other international airports are scheduled to receive E-gates by 2026.
An amendment to floor crossing provisions inserted to the constitution last year split ruling party opinion and was accepted to a committee of the whole house.
The budget committee approved the 2026 state budget with 13 votes in favour and four against, making no major changes to the budget total and only minor adjustments endorsed by the finance ministry. Committee chair Ahmed Saleem said the ministry informed the committee that it could not increase allocations requested by some offices, but would release funds from the special budget if those offices later reported constraints in writing. The ministry did, however, approve a MVR 3.5 million (US$ 226,970) increase for parliament.
Delivering the Maldives’ national statement at COP30 in Brazil, Special Climate Envoy Ali Shareef criticised climate finance mechanisms as “slow, fragmented and heavily bureaucratic”. He called for “accessible, predictable, and primarily grant-based” climate finance for vulnerable countries and reiterated the Maldives’ call to triple climate adaptation finance to US$ 120 billion by 2030.
Opposition MP Meekail Naseem admitted that the Maldivian Democratic Party’s majority in the 19th parliament “made a huge mistake” by failing to repeal restrictions on freedom of assembly. He made the remarks while introducing a bill to repeal the 2013 Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Act, which imposed those restrictions.
