Relations between the Maldives and India have sunk to new lows -- and remain on a downward trajectory -- since President Abdulla Yameen was sworn into...
Police blocked off and turned away the six opposition figures wishing to meet Commissioner Abdulla Nawaz regarding the implementation of the Supreme Court’s February 1 ruling.
According to statistics, 133,466 tourists visited the Maldives during March 2018.
The tapes caused a scandal as sex outside marriage is a criminal offence in the Maldives.
The council said not enough had been done to keep Malé clean in the three years since the housing ministry seized control of waste disposal responsibilities.
The UN committee’s decision follows two complaints lodged by Mohamed Nasheed in 2013 and 2016 about violations of his civil and political rights.
Maumoon Abdul Gayoom started planning to overthrow the government in 2015, police spokesman Ahmed Shifan told the media in a surprise press conference.
Nearly 50 flats in Malé priced at MVR2 million have been sold within five days after the Housing Development Corporation put them up for sale.
Reclamation of about 70 percent of the lagoon around the northern island has doubled its landmass from about ten hectares to nearly 20 hectares.
The National Centre for the Arts is planning a two-day music festival in May to showcase Maldivian talent.
The founder of the proposed 'Great Green Connection' was a member of an existing party whilst the 'Maldivian Republic Party' could not be registered because its name...
A 2015 survey said that 96 percent of Maldivian women had faced street harassment, with 60 percent experiencing it before the age of 14 and 40...
The Islamic affairs ministry has published a paper about issues related to religious freedom, mocking religion, going to war in the name of religion, committing murder...
The loan scheme offers sums of up to MVR500,000 for individuals, and of up to MVR1.5 million for partnerships fully owned by Maldivians.
MP Eva Abdulla, one of five female lawmakers in the Maldives' 85-member parliament, condemned the threat as well as the official response to it.
Islam is used in Maldivian political rhetoric to appeal to voters and also to malign liberal voices. Those supporting democracy or pluralism are branded as irreligious...
Germany’s ambassador to the Maldives said the economy was suffering because of the volatile political situation and ordinary people were bearing the brunt.