A fire that destroyed southern Thinadhoo island’s powerhouse this morning has left thousands of people without electricity and water. Shops ran out of kerosene by evening...
Households across the country are facing higher electricity bills in March after the government revised tariff rates and decided to discontinue electricity subsidies next month.
A UN human rights panel rejected the government's appeal of its judgment declaring former President Mohamed Nasheed's imprisonment illegal, the opposition leader's lawyer Jared Genser told...
The Supreme Court has granted itself the final word on rulings that strike down laws and regulations by announcing that such verdicts would be up for...
President Abdulla Yameen’s plans for a “winter corner” in Malé’s main park complete with an ice skating rink has sparked an outcry online, with critics claiming...
Following a launching ceremony at the president's office, Dr Azeema Adam, the central bank's governor, became the first to use the new banknotes for a purchase...
The international ‘popular’ trial of former President Mohamed Nasheed has fallen into a spiral of oversimplifications and selective narratives that leads to contradictions, writes PPM MP...
Citing verses of the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad’s hadith, a group of 31 prominent religious scholars have urged Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and the judicial watchdog...
Flanked by his heavyweight lawyers Jared Genser, Amal Clooney, and Ben Emmerson, the opposition leader stressed that his temporary release does not signal an end to...
The president’s office has hit back at allegations of President Abdulla Yameen’s involvement in misappropriating funds from tourism leases, insisting that rumors of state funds being...
Alhan Fahmy, former MP and vice president of the Maldivian Democratic Party, has sued the main opposition party at the civil court seeking the annulment of...
Abdul Hameed Moosa first went on strike on January 18 claiming Zitahli - owned by AAA Hotels and Resorts - had failed to pay service charge...
Misbah Abbas, senior desk editor at CNM, told The Maldives Independent that he was barred days after he reported Judge Bari threatening journalists over allegedly unfair...
President Abdulla Yameen launched last night the new biometric Maldivian e-passport and automated e-gate service at the international airport.
A lawyer representing Ahmed 'Shumba Gong' Ashraf said: “The police have previously said he is influencing witnesses and my client is being investigated for allegedly sending...
Ziyath is accused of embezzling of acquisition fees paid by a foreign company for the 50-year lease of a lagoon in Malé atoll. He reportedly admitted...
The criminal court heard today anonymised witness testimony that claimed Sheikh Imran Abdulla's absence from a historic anti-government rally on May Day had led to violent...
