“We should never allow the heat of politics to cause long lasting damage to national interests,” vice president Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed said ahead of a...
PPM MPs held a meeting with President Abdulla Yameen, the attorney general and the tourism minister today after the president requested parliamentary counsel on leaving the...
A draft freedom of expression legislation - obtained by Minivan News - states that four types of "expressions contrary to national interest" will constitute criminal offences:...
Power shortages may spoil the government's plans to light up the capital Malé City on Independence Day, STELCO has said. A crucial 8MW generator is down...
Citing severe procedural irregularities, the Supreme Court on Thursday acquitted a man sentenced to life in prison over drug trafficking charges. The irregularities are similar to...
President Abdulla Yameen has ordered the police to launch an investigation into how a suspect in the murder of MP Afrasheem Ali was allowed to leave...
Laws like on anti-terror are legitimised under the pretext that “special circumstances require special procedures” but are often an excuse to let the inefficiencies of the...
A woman in Malé stabbed herself in the stomach after her husband left to Syria, local media report. A young man attempted suicide in Muli after...
A committee has approved changes to the People's Majlis standing orders to offer the vice president just 30 minutes to respond to an impeachment motion, and...
Former presidents Ibrahim Nasir and Maumoon Abdul Gayoom are to receive an honorary shield on the Maldives’ golden jubilee of independence from the British on July...
A new penal code came into effect today, repealing a law written in 1968. Government offices, the opposition and influential figures have welcomed the law as...
"Today is July 16, 2015, a momentous day in the history of the Maldives’ criminal justice system. The penal code of 1968 expired at 11:59pm on...
A new penal code is due to come into force at midnight tonight, but the Juvenile Court judges are the only judges who have been trained...
Sittings of the People’s Majlis were suspended this week to block MPs from submitting changes proposed by the Supreme Court to the long awaited penal code....
A three-hour play with 2,000 students from across the country and a skydiving event are among activities planned to mark 50 years of independence.
President Abdulla Yameen’s silence on the new appointment, rumors over Gayoom’s opposition and the “ISupportAdeeb4VP” campaign has triggered speculation that Adeeb’s appointment as the new deputy...
The anti-terror bill metes out up to 20 years in jail for Maldivians who join foreign wars. But how effective can harsh penalties be when the...
