Opinion

"We don't need loans, we need income": content creators on new "empowerment" scheme

What filmmakers, musicians, and gamers are actually saying.

Challenging Gen Z’s political apathy

Political ‘youthquakes’ have rocked Bangladesh, and now Nepal. Are Maldivian youth really as apathetic as many might think?

From seats to say: are political quotas for Maldivian women delivering real power?

Women hold 40 percent of council seats but zero presidencies.

Remembering Aniya: the Maldives' irreplaceable dissenter

Her absence resounds in the Maldivian political landscape.

What does Young India think of Muizzu’s foreign policy?

A majority of young Indians trust the Maldives.

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