Yameen challenged the opposition candidate to answer to the alleged "betrayals" of the MDP government.
The detained lawmaker faces a jail term of nine months and 18 days if convicted.
MP Abdulla Khaleel has fallen out with the government over failure to deliver on an airport pledge, VFP reports, citing a source close to the MP...
Ministers and lawmakers at a press conference Friday afternoon declared loyalty to Yameen and condemned the opposition's alleged plot to topple the government.
Opposition lawmakers have been boycotting parliamentary proceedings since the contentious disqualification of defectors from the ruling party was used to quash a majority-backed no-confidence motion against...
Ruling party lawmakers Wednesday rushed to declare that former President Mohamed Nasheed cannot contest in the 2018 presidential election after he asserted that foreign pressure would...
"I thank Minister [Dr Mohamed] Muiz very sincerely for making this jagaha so perfect. And Muiz's talent is such that he has given courage to the housing...
The opposition coalition disputed the expulsion of three lawmakers from the ruling party, a move that could unseat the MPs due to a Supreme Court anti-defection...
According to staff at the state-owned Housing Development Cooperation, the company's social club helped organise the final match of First Lady Fathmath Ibrahim's women's sports bashi tournament...
The ruling Progressive Party of Maldives staged rallies across the country Saturday in a show of support for the administration of embattled President Abdulla Yameen.
MP Faris Maumoon pleaded not guilty on Monday to an identity fraud charge raised over the alleged unauthorised use of the flag and logo of the...
Ten PPM lawmakers who submitted resignation letters after signing an opposition-led no-confidence motion against the speaker were told that they are under investigation by the party's...
Nine MPs have left the Progressive Party of Maldives after the Attorney General sought the anti-defection ruling, dramatically shifting the balance of power in the 85-member...
A raft of amendments proposed by the government to the new criminal procedures law was abruptly withdrawn before it was put to a vote at Tuesday's...
The Vaadhoo councillor-elect is the first of 101 independent candidates who won seats in the Maldives' third local council elections to join a political party.
The ruling coalition has described the outcome of Saturday's local council election as "a satisfactory victory" despite heavy losses in the capital and other populous islands.
Provisional results show that the MDP swept the Malé, Addu and Fuvahmulah city councils and secured majorities in other populous islands across the country.
