Society
For foreign workers, the right to strike ends at the airport
Aima admits firing protest leaders; 21 are in Immigration detention.
05 Nov, 17:15
‘Easier said than done’: making friends as an adult in the Maldives
A psychiatrist and a dozen Maldivians on why connection is hard.
03 Nov, 15:40
Infant deaths, interest bills and divorces: stories from the 2026 statistical yearbook
Plus fewer pension members, more foreign workers and falling births.
27 Oct, 15:09
Appeal over child’s death resumes as ruling party MPs’ company contests liability
Rawshan Jian’s family is still waiting nearly eight years later.
22 Oct, 15:34
Science or business at 14? The school choice that is hard to undo
Educators say the stream picked in grade eight can close doors.
20 Oct, 15:49
No new cases, no victims identified but Maldives escapes human trafficking downgrade
Immigration officials named in a bribery verdict remain in their jobs.
15 Oct, 15:18
Student's messages endorsing rape alarm parents
A teacher says such talk is "pretty standard" among boys.
08 Oct, 16:27
'I'll finish this within two years': Malé's new traffic chief sets out his plans
Yoosuf Maaniu on cemetery car parks, AI cameras and fines.
06 Oct, 17:31
'Should I just do it for you?': how two volunteers got the rufiyaa into Unicode
The MVR symbol is no longer a dollar in disguise.
29 Sep, 13:55
Born abroad, shut out at home: a Thoddoo family's 20-year wait for land
Former council president denies scrapping their registry to cost them plots.
24 Sep, 19:23
Abandoned seafarers warned of hunger and anchor failure before Sinamalé bridge crash
The agencies involved say the failed mooring was not their responsibility.
22 Sep, 15:51
'A slap on my face': Ali Waheed's return and the men who stayed in public life
A complainant says she was pressured into withdrawing her statement.
17 Sep, 20:16
They offered to sterilise Malé's stray cats. The government never met them
A US non-profit gave up after trying for seven months to fund a sterilisation pilot.
03 Sep, 19:22
Two or three, in theory. 1.7 in practice
Rent, childcare and 60 days of maternity leave.
02 Sep, 20:15
'None of the cameras work': a National Art Gallery that cannot secure its own building
A theft exposed failures artists had been raising for years.
26 Aug, 15:27
Everyone is having fewer children. The Maldives is not special
The decline began here with women no longer dying in childbirth.
18 Aug, 16:22
Teacher, healer, protector: the surfer behind Aloha Ufaa
Saazu on surfing, healing and building a community by the sea.
17 Aug, 14:19
Fifty-two discoveries in Maldivian waters, no Maldivian authors
Maldivians led just seven per cent of 40 years of marine research.
10 Aug, 20:14
'They knew he was dead': family disputes official account of Sgt Mahudhee's death
Hospital records show the Coast Guard diver had no pulse upon surfacing.
06 Aug, 17:00
'An undeserving immigrant in their own country'
Pro-government outlet mocks islanders in video celebrating Malé's new road.
30 Jul, 16:20
