After multiple delays, campaigning for the May 6 local council elections has entered the final stretch with both the ruling and opposition parties walking door to...
Fisheries Minister Dr Mohamed Shainee, chairman of the all-party talks and the government's chief negotiator, told the press on Thursday that invitations have been sent out...
The ruling party's ethics committee has also expelled MP Mohamed Ameeth after he refused to vote against Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed's no-confidence motion.
Ibrahim Falah, deputy leader of the PPM parliamentary group, told the press that Gayoom has only been able to remain in the post due to the...
Both President Abdulla Yameen and the new alliance formed between ruling party lawmakers loyal to former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom and opposition parties are confident of...
"President Yameen is convinced he can't win a fair election and has delayed #LCE2017 for the 3rd time. A case of lies upon lies. Unacceptable," tweeted...
The opposition MDP officially launched its local council election campaign with simultaneous rallies in the north and south on Thursday night as the ruling party introduced...
Opposition lawmakers have submitted a no-confidence motion to remove Speaker Abdulla Maseeh Mohamed, posing the first credible challenge to President Abdulla Yameen’s previously unassailable majority in...
Ahmed Ashraf's trial resumed on Wednesday after more than one year. The first hearing was held in February 2016. The charge of issuing threats carries a...
Majority Leader Ahmed Nihan contended that the changes are necessary to ensure public confidence in the military, insisting that the party is working "genuinely with honest...
Both the PPM and MDP have been gearing up for the campaign in recent days. The stakes in the Maldives' third local council election are higher...
MPs voted 46-19 to amend the 2010 local council elections law to allow individuals convicted of graft, bribery, drug abuse, and offences with punishments prescribed in...
The elections commission has assured political parties that the postponed local council elections will be rescheduled for early April with a new date to be announced...
The elections commission has withdrawn its appeal of a civil court judgment that postponed next year’s local council elections by two months, drawing fierce criticism from...
A contentious Airport Development Charge of US$12 for Maldivians and US$25 for foreigners departing from the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport was voted through by the ruling...
The civil court has ordered the elections commission to indefinitely extend the re-registration period for January's local council elections pending a judgment on the ruling party's...
Gayoom spoke to newspaper Mihaaru about the acrimonious split within the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives and his decision to withdraw support for his half-brother President...
