Opinion

From concessions to win-win: China-Maldives FTA boosts Maldives’ growth

An op-ed by the Chinese ambassador.

Replacing coconuts with dates: the erosion of Maldivian identity

The Maldives is abandoning its tropical heritage, argues historian Naajih Didi.

Let the people decide: referendums as democracy's last defence

The MDP chairman proposes constitutional reforms.

"They took my passport, then they came for my body": a migrant worker's story

A Filipino worker's fight for justice.

"I refused to yield": a Maldives Supreme Court justice's final stand

Dr Azmiralda called her impeachment a "coordinated framing operation."

92 years of policing in the Maldives: a reflection on reform and the road ahead

An op-ed by the former police chief.

An irresponsible “solution”: Malé City Council’s obsession with uprooting trees

Where shade once stood, only sun-baked concrete remains.

Football Association of Maldives goes rogue

An op-ed about FAM's contentious extraordinary congress.

Comment: From the perils of presidentialism to deliberative politics

Comment: Resort life – it’s all about pretence… lots of it.

Comment: Why some people like DRP and hate the MDP