Politics
Vice President departs for Beijing
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb left for Beijing today to inaugurate an investment forum. Hid departure comes at a moment of heightened tension in Malé in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen.
13 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Sheikh Imran transferred to house arrest
The criminal court today transferred Adhaalath Party President Sheikh Imran Abdulla to house arrest, citing the state’s violation of an order to provide access to medical care. A second hearing of his terrorism trial took place today, four months after charges were first pressed.
13 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Imran’s terrorism trial to resume
Sheikh Imran Abdulla, the president of the religious conservative Adhaalath Party, will be brought to the criminal court at 10am tomorrow for a hearing on a terrorism charge after a four month hiatus.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President nominates members to National Integrity Commission
The new oversight body was formed on October 6 to replace the Police Integrity Commission (PIC) and the Customs Integrity Commission (CIC) under a law passed by the parliament in late August. The four nominees are Yousuf Maaniu Mohamed, former head of the CIC, Mohamed Farhad, former vice president of the PIC, Hassaan Hameed, and Khadheeja Abdulla.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Armed soldiers patrolling Malé’s streets
Soldiers carrying rifles are patrolling the streets of capital Malé amidst high political tension over an apparent assassination attempt on President Abdulla Yameen. But the MNDF said soldiers were deployed as part of a military exercise and had no connection to the boat blast.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Hearing on Nasheed’s family visits delayed
The civil court has delayed a hearing on visitation rights for jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed to 1:30pm on Thursday.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President Yameen briefs MPs on assassination attempt
President Abdulla Yameen is meeting with MPs of the ruling coalition and its former partner Jumhooree Party (JP) amid anxiety in Malé over an apparent assassination attempt on his speedboat on September 28.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Parliament approves pay cuts for city councillors
Since President Abdulla Yameen assumed power in November 2013, the government had gradually stripped the Malé City Council of its authority and staff. Nine of the 11 Malé City councilors and all six members of the Addu City Council belong to the MDP. The pay cuts were recommended by the parliament’s public accounts committee after the council’s functions were transferred to the housing ministry.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Court to review restrictions on family visits for Nasheed
The civil court will deliberate today a complaint lodged by jailed former President Mohamed Nasheed’s siblings over restrictions on prison visits. Nasheed’s lawyers are also complaining of infrequent access.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
MP reveals details of meeting with President Yameen
President Yameen urged MPs to respect the outcome of an investigation into an alleged assassination attempt in September, and warned them MDP may move to exploit the government’s vulnerability, an MP present at the closed-door meeting said. Yameen also expressed confidence in his vice president.
12 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Two Youth ministry coordinators sacked
Executive Consultant for the National Center for the Arts (NCA) Mohamed ‘Thema’ Shiyam and Executive Coordinator Abdulla Muaz were fired last week.
11 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Home minister ‘offers shoulder’ in President Yameen’s defence
Condemning a spate of fake text messages in Home Minister Umar Naseer’s name, the home ministry said today: “Naseer’s shoulder will be the first offered in defence of President Abdulla Yameen’s administration.”
11 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Maldives, India discuss defence and Indian Ocean security
The Maldives and India reviewed bilateral ties today and committed to boost cooperation in the defence, human resource, trade and health sectors in talks co-chaired by two nations’ foreign ministers.
11 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Indian external affairs minister calls on President Yameen
India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj called on President Abdulla Yameen this morning ahead of crucial bilateral talks.
11 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Head of police intelligence directorate replaced
Assistant Commissioner of Police Mohamed Jamsheed was replaced by Ahmed Areef, the assistant commissioner who had headed the intelligence directorate prior to June.
11 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
President Yameen meets Commissioner of Police
President Abdulla Yameen met with the Commissioner of Police Hussein Waheed and high-ranking officers at the police headquarters in Malé today following an apparent assassination attempt on his speedboat in September.
11 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
MDP hits back at EC’s condemnation of resolution backing targeted sanctions
The Elections Commission said that a political party that receives state funding should not be allowed to call for sanctions against government officials. The MDP’s national council had passed a resolution calling for targeted sanctions if the government continues to detain President Mohamed Nasheed in defiance of a UN rights panel judgment declaring his imprisonment arbitrary and illegal.
10 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
MDP stage nationwide protests calling for Nasheed’s release
Protest marches and vehicle rallies took place simultaneously around 4:00pom in the capital Malé, Addu City, Gaaf Dhaal Thinadhoo, and several islands across the country, calling on the government to abide by a UN rights panel ruling and release former President Mohamed Nasheed.
10 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
PPM MP proposes criminalising calls for sanctions, tourism boycott
MP Ahmed Nihan, PPM parliamentary group leader, meanwhile called Nasheed’s high-profile lawyers Jared Genser and Amal Clooney “enemies of the state” after the pair launched a campaign lobbying for targeted sanctions against state officials in the wake of a UN rights panel declaring the opposition leader’s imprisonment arbitrary and politically motivated.
10 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
Maldives, India top diplomats to meet on Saturday
Foreign Minister Dunya Maumoon will meet her Indian counterpart Sushma Swaraj in Malé on Saturday to review and plan the future course for bilateral relations.
08 Oct 2015, 9:00 AM
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