After a falling out with the president over the sacking of his son as tourism minister, Speaker Abdul Raheem Abdulla met President Muizzu on Thursday morning. Majority Leader Ibrahim Falah joined the meeting at the President’s Office where discussions focused on the government’s legislative agenda, according to the president's spokeswoman.
Twenty-four vehicles imported for a corruption-plagued police housing project went missing, MPs told the media, after launching a probe into a damning audit that uncovered suspected bribery in the Police Cooperative Society’s losses of MVR 354 million (US $23 million) to build the apartments in Hulhumalé.
Long lines stretched outside collection centres as Malé residents queued up for free cases of canned tuna handed out for Ramadan. Each household could collect a case of 48 cans until February 27 if the recipient shows an ID card and utility bills for the past three months.
In an operation conducted in Kulhudhuffushi in response to growing complaints of alleged sorcery, police raided 10 homes and confiscated “items used for black magic” such as books and objects from eight residences, a police media official told the press. But no arrests were made. Most homes have set up security cameras in response to attempted sorcery, according to media reports.
The animal welfare ministry was trying to determine the cause of sick and dead pigeons found across various locations in Malé.
Saudi Arabia pledged to establish an Arab Language Training Institute campus of the Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.
Foreign Minister Dr Abdulla Khaleel paid a courtesy call on Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya during his ongoing official visit to Colombo.