There was shock and also public outrage amid reports that authorities had been aware of the repeated abuse Ibthihaal had suffered.
More than 300 people were arrested during demonstrations against the "unlawful" state of emergency, many of whom were subject to police brutality, said MDP chairman Hassan...
Usable reserves - "the amount of funds that are readily available for use by the MMA in the foreign exchange market" - stood at US$205.6 million,...
Mohamed Wisam and Amir Saleem were accused of making a video showing masked men in police uniforms threatening to join an anti-government demonstration.
The Kaashidhoo tourist village is the first project of its kind by the Maldives Integrated Tourism Development Corporation, a state-owned enterprise formed in August 2016 to...
Azleen Ahmed criticised opposition-dominated local councils that had urged the authorities to execute a Supreme Court order for the release of jailed politicians.
New government rules say editors need to be Maldivian, aged 25 and above, have a degree in journalism or a related field as well as five...
The Environment Protection Agency has ordered two vessels that ran aground on a reef to pay MVR100 million (US$6.5 million) as compensation for damages.
Gateway House says Chinese investments and aid to the Maldives have surged since 2012, supporting multiple housing projects, a power plant, a bridge, water and sewage...
Housing Minister Muizz also revealed plans to vacate 256 households from the capital under the ambitious social housing project.
Ruling party and opposition supporters blamed each other for the fire.
Friends of a 21-year-old surfer who died in an accident have mourned his death. Abdulla Naail was reported missing while out on Saturday at Thamburudhoo island...
Malé's landscape is changing rapidly amid construction projects and infrastructure upgrades.
The Islamic ministry chose the topic after lodging complaints against media outlets that exposed a four-month delay in handing over MVR18 million (US$1 million) raised for...
The Maldivian population is 338,434, almost 40 percent of which lives in a congested capital that measures 2.2 square miles.
The Maldives’ ambassador to China said the country’s foreign policy was based on working with everyone and that all of its neighbours were “brothers and sisters.”
India called on the Maldivian authorities to "to implement the Supreme Court's Full Bench order of 1 February 2018 and to support a genuine political dialogue...
