"A 9.7 percent shortfall in revenue collection for December 2015 compared to the projection was observed for Green Tax, tourism sector GST and airport service charge....
Schools across the Maldives opened today for the new academic year with more than 75,000 students enrolled in 223 schools.
President Abdulla Yameen's repressive rule, "blind-eye" to religious extremism, and pervasive human rights abuses, which include the jailing of former President Mohamed Nasheed, "constitute an extraordinary...
The new Indian High Commissioner to the Maldives, Akilesh Mishra, presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen this morning. Mishra, formerly India's consul general in Toronto,...
Two men and a minor have been arrested from the southern island of Madaveli in Gaaf Dhaal atoll on suspicion of raping an underaged girl.
“It has come to our attention that courts are not able to hold hearings as per court schedules because many judges are on leave at the...
The president's office said that former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb’s claims were baseless and that of a man who stood “accused of dangerous activities.”
During a courtesy call at the president's office yesterday, Dr Jaishankar and President Abdulla Yameen "spoke of supporting each other in the international arena and in...
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb cannot be prosecuted on suspicion of carrying a weapon under the now-repealed 1990 anti-terrorism law, his lawyers have contended.
The ruling Progressive Party of the Maldives says it does not know if President Abdulla Yameen’s plans to appoint a new deputy, but said MPs are...
Detained former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb has confirmed the authenticity of a document authorizing former President Mohamed Nasheed’s transfer from jail to house-imprisonment.
Two men were arrested in Kulhudhuffushi for calling for prolonged protests over a primary school teacher's death following a botched caesarean section.
A second hearing in graft charges against Abdulla Ziyath, a tourism official and close associate of former vice president Ahmed Adeeb, was cancelled today because the...
In the first hearing of a trial on a terrorism charge, former Vice President Ahmed Adeeb said he was unaware of any evidence against him except...
A woman has accused five-star resort W Retreat and Spa of racism after staff refused to shelter her and her ten-year-old son on the island during...
President Abdulla Yameen made four new ministerial appointments today. Former Attorney General Azima Shakoor was appointed as minister of legal affairs at the president’s office.
The civil court has thrown out a petition by former President Mohamed Nasheed requesting his immediate release in line with a UN human rights panel ruling....
