Society
Stranded students left to fend for themselves abroad
Scholarship and loan recipients describe systemic neglect by higher education ministry.
29 Dec 2025, 4:51 PM
Two decades after the tsunami, "safer islands" need expansion and protection
Environmental groups warned this would happen within decades.
28 Dec 2025, 5:11 PM
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, 7:10 PM
The forever accused: when waiting for trial becomes the punishment
Muizzu vowed to end vaanuvaa. Hundreds remain trapped in legal limbo.
18 Dec 2025, 9:33 PM
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, 4:00 PM
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, 6:18 PM
Left without light: a deadly wait for power in Addu
A decade of outages and broken promises.
26 Nov 2025, 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 2025, 7:55 PM
Different addresses, same desperation: voices from Malé's housing divide
Migrants and natives share their stories of struggle.
10 Nov 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 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 2025, 11:27 AM
Should runners face curfews? Fatal crash divides Malé
A teen's death reignited the road safety debate.
22 Jul 2025, 5:15 PM
Planning life around pain: the silent suffering of Maldivian women battling endometriosis
Symptoms are dismissed and diagnosis takes years.
16 Jul 2025, 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 2025, 1:42 PM
