Three MPs have filed a lawsuit against Gayoom at the civil court to regain control of PPM.
Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has been accused of "hijacking" the Progressive Party of Maldives as a power struggle with his half-brother President Abdulla Yameen for...
Gayoom moved to take control of the PPM tonight after a complaint was filed with the party's disciplinary committee urging action against two MPs, including son...
The ruling party-controlled parliament voted through today controversial changes to the tourism law that authorises the government to lease islands for resort development without a competitive...
In a message posted on the PPM MPs' Viber group yesterday, the former president said authorising the government to lease islands for resort development without a...
Opposition MPs questioned the government’s sincerity in tackling jihadi recruitment in the Maldives during a debate today on the first state counter-terrorism policy. MPs accused the current...
MPs and members of the PPM have taken to social media calling for Yameen to be awarded the party ticket without a primary after local media...
The People's Majlis returned from recess Tuesday for the second session of 2016 with bills on expanding executive powers as the first order of business. Ruling...
The reconstituted Maldives Broadcasting Commission has been accused of bias and double standards over contrasting rulings issued recently after investigating similar complaints.
Police dismantled political party jagahas or hangouts on the island of Kudahuvadhoo in Dhaalu Atoll on the home ministry’s orders.
Reacting angrily to an article on the Mumbai Mirror about a radicalised Maldivian family of 12 joining Islamic State, the PPM said it contained "factual inaccuracies...
The parliament has amended the 1994 Religious Unity Act to set up a new Supreme Council for Islamic affairs with the authority to issue fatwas or...
Shortly after the amendments to withdraw privileges and state benefits were passed at today's sitting of parliament, the opposition leader tweeted: “I have always believed that...
Speaking to reporters after a meeting Tuesday afternoon with the Maldives Media Council, the parliamentary group leader of the ruling Progressive Party of Maldives said the...
Pro-government MPs say having more than one deputy prosecutor general will ensure that the criminal justice system will function in the absence of a PG. But...
The ruling party-dominated parliament has approved six of President Abdulla Yameen's nominees to the Maldives Broadcasting Commission, including the regulator's incumbent president and two campaign workers....
Opposition MPs have slammed a bill that proposes stripping privileges for former presidents convicted of criminal offences as the latest attack on dissent by the ruling...
