Jailed former president Mohamed Nasheed has urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit the Maldives to “disentangle us from the mess we are in,” according...
The decision contravenes provisions that emphasize non-discrimination, equality, human dignity and fair trial rights in the constitution and international human rights conventions that the Maldives is...
Flakka or alpha-PV is a synthetic drug created in laboratories. Police Superintendent Ahmed Shifan said the seizure of 200 grammes of the drug at the airport...
A five-year-old boy died from dengue fever on Sunday in a southern atoll as the spread of the mosquito-borne disease continues unabated with unusual rainfall caused...
Cabinet ministers and ruling party MPs have launched a media offensive, appearing on some six TV channels every week night. Slick messages extolling President Yameen's virtues...
The governing body of Asian football has warned that the Maldives could face suspension "from all football activities" over government interference in the long-delayed elections of...
“The ministry believes that the mobile phone business has much potential. We would like to encourage and pave way for locals to invest in the trade,"...
Under new regulations, a registrar at the home ministry has the discretion to suspend NGOs if it conducts activities that could be considered "a threat to...
Atul Keshap, the new ambassador of the United States of America to the Maldives, presented his credentials to President Abdulla Yameen this morning. The pair discussed...
President Abdulla Yameen has temporarily assigned Environment Minister Thoriq Ibrahim as acting tourism minister, stripping Vice President Ahmed Adeeb of authority over his previous portfolio.
Angered by the police’s attempts to limit protests to pavements, the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) led a march in Malé late at night, walking...
The magistrate court verdict marked the first time a person was sentenced to death by stoning in the Maldives and sparked heated debate and outrage on...
The cause of an explosion on President Abdulla Yameen's speedboat remains unclear, but here are the important details of the inquiry, which has seen the arrest...
Abdulla Ziyath, who heads the MMPRC, was interrogated for more than three hours by the economic crime department. The summons came after his apartment was raided...
An island magistrate court has sentenced a woman to death by stoning after she confessed to committing adultery. However, the new penal code does not allow...
“Visitation rights have now been set to as it was before. This is a big development. The MCS did not reveal why they had stopped giving...
Saeed told reporters the main target of this year's forum will be "opening the eyes of the world" to the potential of the Maldives' banking and...
