The parliament's public accounts oversight committee has launched an inquiry into corruption cases under investigation since 2008, including the Maldives Marketing and Public Relations Corporation corruption...
A ruling party MP has proposed changes to the Political Parties Act to make it compulsory for members of political parties to resubmit membership forms with...
President Abdulla Yameen conceded Wednesday the need for reforming the Maldivian judiciary and renewed appeals for the main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party to engage in dialogue...
Misogynistic remarks and behaviour from MPs that were derogatory towards women at recent sittings of the People’s Majlis are “unacceptable,” the human rights watchdog has said,...
Pro-government MPs today accused the opposition of conducting a tourism boycott campaign at the recently concluded ITB Berlin travel fair in Germany with the aim of...
The government will continue to attempt to convince the Maldivian Democratic Party and Adhaalath Party to participate in all-party talks following a third snub by the...
The Maldivian Democratic Party has strongly condemned the police's "unconstitutional" obstruction of Friday's protest as well as the heavy use of pepper spray against protesters and...
Opposition MPs accuse Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed of breaching the constitution and the parliamentary rules of procedure in order to rubber stamp government proposals. Shortly after the...
President Abdulla Yameen has made it clear that he considers the release of jailed politicians as abuse of his powers, despite international calls to do so...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has called for an inquiry into the sudden hike in Maldives’ foreign reserves. The source of some US$400million is unknown,...
Police officers attempted to block the opposition’s anti-corruption walk for a fourth week on Friday by setting up multiple road blocks along protesters’ path and confiscating...
The government is seeking to establish a supreme council on Islamic affairs to “to ensure religious unity, create awareness on religious issues, conduct scholars’ forums, and...
Renewing calls for the release of “political prisoners,” the US and the UK have condemned the imprisonment of Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla on a terrorism...
The Maldives Islamic Bank had refused to share information about Yameen's private bank account with the Anti-Corruption Commission for its investigation into the embezzlement of nearly...
The main opposition Maldivian Democratic Party has said that the government's infringement of the constitutional right to freedom of assembly shows its "lack of sincerity" in...
The move follow warnings from a visiting delegation from the European parliament that the EU will consider imposing sanctions against top Maldivian officials if the government...
Once bitter rivals, former President Mohamed Nasheed and former Vice President Dr Mohamed Jameel Ahmed appeared tonight side-by-side in a video message broadcast from London, urging...