President Abdulla Yameen
Security forces on alert as opposition stages surprise protest
Hundreds of raincoat-clad protesters have taken to the streets of Malé calling for President Abdulla Yameen’s resignation, prompting a crackdown by riot police who have used pepper spray to disperse the un-announced gathering.
31 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Gayoom’s daughter in Twitter campaign to save Malé’s heritage
Since her first tweet on August 15, Yumna, niece to President Yameen, has criticised her uncle’s plans to relocate an 18th century coral stone mosque to a southern atoll and alleged that a 17th century minaret may be relocated for road expansion.
23 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
How can a sitting president be legally removed in the Maldives?
With Malé rife with rumours of the president’s ouster, we take a look at the constitutional avenues and key players involved in removing a sitting president
21 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Yameen in Singapore on unannounced visit
President Abdulla Yameen left the Maldives for Singapore on an unannounced visit on Tuesday, just a day after his deputy left the country on an official visit to Malaysia.
18 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
State broadcaster provokes furore over article ‘defaming’ Gayoom
Public Service Media has taken down, after sustained criticism, an online article accusing former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of being anti-Islamic
13 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Trial begins for Sri Lankan man in sniper plot to kill Maldives president
Prosecutors said former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb had hired 27-year-old Lahiru Madhushanka to assassinate President Abdulla Yameen last October.
12 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives army bars soldiers from meeting politicians and foreigners
The MNDF has banned soldiers from meeting politicians and foreigners including diplomats without permission.
11 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
President pledges 1,500 flats for government employees
President Abdulla Yameen has pledged to develop 1,500 housing units in Malé’s suburb, Hulhumalé, for professionals working for the government.
10 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
President overhauls the employment tribunal
Yameen has overhauled the seven-member employment tribunal, appointing four new members to the panel in the last month alone.
08 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Yameen appoints new home minister
Yameen has replaced Home Minister Ahmed Zuhoor with Azleen Ahmed, a junior minister at the education ministry. The reason for the sudden change remain unclear.
01 Aug 2016, 9:00 AM
Islam, traitors, economy: Yameen’s independence day address
The president’s address featured recurring themes: an alleged conspiracy by unnamed foreign powers to undermine the country’s Islamic identity, independence and sovereignty; the threat posed by “traitors” to peace and stability; and the importance of economic independence.
27 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
MPs launch lawsuit to wrest control of PPM from Gayoom
Three MPs have filed a lawsuit against Gayoom at the civil court to regain control of PPM.
05 Jul 2016, 9:00 AM
Graft watchdog advises against awarding ‘mega projects’ without bidding
The anti-corruption watchdog has advised the government to reverse changes brought to the public finance regulations last year that allowed large-scale projects to be awarded without a competitive bidding process.
26 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
President ‘halted’ central bank inquiry into money laundering
The opposition has renewed calls for Yameen’s arrest, claiming it has new evidence he instructed the central bank to halt an inquiry into the Maldives’ biggest ever corruption scandal.
21 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives Inc.
Maldives today is a capitalist dream. Mega development projects that aspire to ‘change the very map of the country’ are underway across the length and breadth of the 1200 islands. But the fact is, the very existence of Maldives is at risk, writes Azra Naseem
21 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Three more soldiers jailed over boat blast
Three more soldiers have been sentenced to jail on charges of obstructing justice over the September 28 blast on President Abdulla Yameen’s speedboat.
20 Jun 2016, 9:00 AM
Yameen’s remarks on sex workers, opium spark controversy
President Abdulla Yameen has sparked outrage on social media with recent comments on Maldivian men visiting sex workers in Bangkok, feeding opium to the youth, and a reference to Allah’s children.
29 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Yameen hits back at Gayoom’s criticism of development vision
Yameen hit back at Gayoom who had said that he was impressed by a group of young people he had met who did not “believe the Maldives should become another Singapore.”
17 May 2016, 9:00 AM
President sells his private home
President Abdulla Yameen has swapped his private residence for a larger plot of land located near the construction site for the China-Maldives friendship bridge.
16 May 2016, 9:00 AM
Maldives is no longer interested in expanding tourism, says president
The Maldivian government is no longer interested in expanding its luxury tourism sector because of the large number of islands and lagoons leased out in a recent corruption scandal, President Abdulla Yameen has said.
11 May 2016, 9:00 AM
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