Society
Alibe's house of stars: inside Kulhudhuffushi's century-old home
A photo tour with Tharijehige's last resident.
25 Jan, 15:19
The protection vacuum: Maldives grapples with children caught between law and exploitation
150 children in crime cannot be helped under current law, minister tells UN.
19 Jan, 16:09
Sun, sea and smog: the Maldives' dry season haze
Annual air pollution peak poses holiday hazard.
08 Jan, 16:34
Tears and pleas: the housing lottery Malé residents can't win
At town halls across the capital, decades of desperation poured out.
07 Jan, 16:08
Stranded students left to fend for themselves abroad
Scholarship and loan recipients describe systemic neglect by higher education ministry.
29 Dec 2025, 16:51
Two decades after the tsunami, "safer islands" need expansion and protection
Environmental groups warned this would happen within decades.
28 Dec 2025, 17:11
Bangladeshi recruiter goes to prison. Maldives Immigration officials he bribed keep their jobs.
No Maldivian has ever been convicted for human trafficking.
24 Dec 2025, 19:10
The forever accused: when waiting for trial becomes the punishment
Muizzu vowed to end vaanuvaa. Hundreds remain trapped in legal limbo.
18 Dec 2025, 21:33
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.
15 Dec 2025, 16:00
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 2025, 18:18
Left without light: a deadly wait for power in Addu
A decade of outages and broken promises.
26 Nov 2025, 17:26
Fuvahmulah left without water after years of inaction on known leaks
Authorities knew since 2020, but residents were kept uninformed.
12 Nov 2025, 19:55
Different addresses, same desperation: voices from Malé's housing divide
Migrants and natives share their stories of struggle.
10 Nov 2025, 18:46
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 2025, 21:58
Maldives makes history with generational ban as smuggling makes mockery of tobacco control
Smuggled cigarettes exceed legal sales as customs revenue collapses.
03 Nov 2025, 18:15
"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 2025, 15:22
"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 2025, 14:03
"I did nothing": young Maldivians channel Gaza guilt into pro-Palestine activism
Pizza Hut closed. KFC shuttered. Coke under pressure.
26 Aug 2025, 17:05
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 2025, 13:30
"I couldn't lift my own child": three stories of endometriosis in the Maldives
From teenage symptoms to decades-long diagnostic journeys.
31 Jul 2025, 16:36
