The government has meanwhile asserted the independence of the judiciary and insisted that a bomb caused the September 28 blast on the president's speedboat: "Any suggestion...
The government has reacted furiously to The Economist's coverage of the new opposition coalition launched in London last week, accusing the magazine of being manipulated "to...
President Abdulla Yameen laid the foundation for a National Diagnostic Centre at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé at a groundbreaking ceremony Sunday night.
The reconstituted Maldives Broadcasting Commission has been accused of bias and double standards over contrasting rulings issued recently after investigating similar complaints.
President Abdulla Yameen and First Lady Fathmath Ibrahim arrived in Malé this afternoon after concluding an official visit to Malaysia. According to Sri Lankan media, Yameen...
The newly launched 'Maldives United Opposition' has announced a 19-member shadow cabinet comprised of senior opposition figures and former top officials of President Abdulla Yameen's administration.
Yameen had claimed that GMR only paid MVR16 million to the government a year whilst MACL generated MVR1 billion in the first year after taking over...
A massive project to construct a new passenger terminal at the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport has been awarded to the Saudi Binladin Group for an undisclosed...
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 Maldives remains "very hostile for independent and opposition media" since the February 2012 "coup d’état," reads the Reporters Without Borders' 2016 press freedom index entry...
President Abdulla Yameen ratified today a bill that strips former President Mohamed Nasheed of state benefits, security, and privileges. The opposition leader is no longer entitled...
Commissioner of Prisons Mohamed Husham told the press this afternoon that the 30-day extension was revoked after Nasheed's lawyers denied President Abdulla Yameen's claim that the opposition...
Tamrat Samuel, a senior advisor to the UN's department of political affairs, is seeking to lay the groundwork "for substantive political party dialogue in the interest...
"It is clear that the contours of India-Maldives relations are defined by our shared strategic, security, economic and developmental goals. The prompt implementation of a concrete...
"The reason I visited Mr Prime Minister in India today is to express my appreciation for the very steadfast leadership India has shown in protecting Maldives...
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....
Azima Shukoor's visit comes amidst a lobbying effort by the government to avoid action by the Commonwealth over widely condemned human rights abuses, including the imprisonment...
