A group of about 70 Maldivian doctors on Friday morning collected 1.7 tons of garbage from Malé's outer ring road.
The head of the electoral body said there was nothing to indicate that the election might get delayed, adding the Elections Commission would become more involved...
Yumna Maumoon, the former heritage department director, said there was no point in signing agreements that could not be honoured.
"Visitor Centres" and boardwalks have been built in Fuvuhmulah's Eydhigali Kilhi and Addu's Koattey protected areas to offer hiking, bicycling and mangrove canoe tours as well...
The state-owned infrastructure developer meanwhile posted a net profit of MVR145 million (US$8.5 million) in 2017.
Thursday's hearing in the trial of Chief Justice Abdulla Saeed and Supreme Court Ali Hameed has been closed to the media and public.
The policy paper, published by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, seeks to address issues around apostasy, extremism and freedom of speech in a religious context.
Police said the office was searched in relation to an ongoing investigation but refused to provide details.
Top Environment Protection Agency officials said they were prevented from warning the housing ministry to stop the ongoing ring road work.
Initially reported as a suicide on March 5, the death was investigated after family members raised questions.
The Political Parties Act requires the Elections Commission to distribute some 0.2 percent of the annual state budget within the first three months of the year.
Ibrahim Fuad was dismissed from his position of managing director at the state-owned Waste Management Corporation last May. No reason was given at the time.
The former president said he had written to the court and asked it to reconsider his detention as he was elderly and had health problems.
The UAE is the top trading partner of the Maldives. In 2016, the Maldives imported US$332 million worth of goods from there.
The road, which is being widened in preparation for the opening of the China-Maldives Friendship Bridge, will connect Malé to Hulhumalé.
The snub came as the opposition alliance said there had been progress in the talks to field a single candidate against the ruling party.
Prosecutors allege that journalist Ahmed Rilwan was abducted and that a red car owned by one of the suspects was used in the act.
