Society
One in six Maldivian teenagers has considered suicide. They're turning to AI for help.
Youth mental health consultations up 400 percent. The system can't cope.
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Trousers for girls, beards for boys: school uniform policy reignites Maldives culture war
Girls must wear trousers from age nine under the new rules.
09 Dec, 6:18 PM
Left without light: a deadly wait for power in Addu
A decade of outages and broken promises.
26 Nov, 5:26 PM
Fuvahmulah left without water after years of inaction on known leaks
Authorities knew since 2020, but residents were kept uninformed.
12 Nov, 7:55 PM
Different addresses, same desperation: voices from Malé's housing divide
Migrants and natives share their stories of struggle.
10 Nov, 6:46 PM
Battle over Binveriya: the exclusive land scheme tearing Maldivians apart
Capital privilege or rightful inheritance? Debate rages over free plots for Malé natives.
05 Nov, 9:58 PM
Maldives makes history with generational ban as smuggling makes mockery of tobacco control
Smuggled cigarettes exceed legal sales as customs revenue collapses.
03 Nov, 6:15 PM
"No one is going to empower us": how the Maldives' only four-term councilwoman claimed real power
Fishermen call her for help. Female councilors seek her advice.
28 Oct, 3:22 PM
"We fall down, but we get back up": Maldivian girls rewrite surfing's gender rules
Where women couldn't compete until 2021, girls now soar.
08 Sep, 2:03 PM
"I did nothing": young Maldivians channel Gaza guilt into pro-Palestine activism
Pizza Hut closed. KFC shuttered. Coke under pressure.
26 Aug, 5:05 PM
Why does the Maldives have the world’s highest divorce rate?
Women and children are overwhelmingly disadvantaged by the prevalence of divorce in the Maldives.
18 Aug, 1:30 PM
"I couldn't lift my own child": three stories of endometriosis in the Maldives
From teenage symptoms to decades-long diagnostic journeys.
31 Jul, 4:36 PM
"We could have done better": conversations with an independence hero
Abdul Sattar Moosa's recollections of the negotiations with the British.
26 Jul, 11:27 AM
Should runners face curfews? Fatal crash divides Malé
A teen's death reignited the road safety debate.
22 Jul, 5:15 PM
Planning life around pain: the silent suffering of Maldivian women battling endometriosis
Symptoms are dismissed and diagnosis takes years.
16 Jul, 4:00 PM
"In the trenches": Maldives running out of time to harness young workforce
The window to reap the "demographic dividend" is closing.
13 Jul, 1:42 PM
"We knew it was a scam": why thousands joined the GMCE pyramid scheme anyway
US$ 11 million moved through 10 digital wallets.
08 Jul, 12:38 PM
“Complete waste of time”: mandatory A-Levels push faces rural reality check
Only 59 out of 212 schools offer A-Levels.
03 Jul, 4:43 PM
Maldives crypto dream becomes nightmare as GMCE pyramid scheme collapses
The crash leaves thousands of investors facing millions in losses.
22 Jun, 7:31 PM
Commission rules out foul play in Yumn Rasheed fall
But the findings exposed police negligence and political interference.
18 Jun, 9:13 AM
