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Maldives denounces Sri Lankan army chief’s ‘irresponsible’ claims
Senanayake said Maldivians travel through Colombo to fight in Syria.
20 May 2019, 9:00 AM
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Foreign minister seeks solutions as Sri Lanka tightens resident visa
About 15,000 Maldivians reside in the neighbouring country.
08 May 2019, 9:00 AM
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Sri Lankan ‘sniper’ detainee tortured and beaten in Maldives, says Amnesty
Lahiru Madhushanka has also been denied a fair trial, the rights group says.
30 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
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Expat expectations and the Maldives election
Almost 6,000 Maldivians are registered to vote at embassies abroad.
22 Sep 2018, 9:00 AM
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Status quo or got to go? What the Maldives’ allies want from the election
There are seven countries with embassies in the Maldives. What do they want from the presidential election?
29 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
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Maldivian arrested with 2kg of heroin in Colombo airport
A Maldivian national was arrested in Sri Lanka while attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of heroin.
24 May 2018, 9:00 AM
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Opposition supporters protest in Sri Lanka
The demonstration in Colombo was the first one outside the Maldives since last month’s Supreme Court ruling and state of emergency declaration.
06 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
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Namal Rajapaksa meets ambassador and tourism minister
Tourism Minister Moosa Zameer and Ambassador Mohamed Hussain Shareef have met with Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker Namal Rajapaksa.
17 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
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India has ‘zero sum’ mentality in the region, says China
The Global Times said the formal handover of Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port to China on a 99-year lease had stirred alarm in New Delhi.
13 Dec 2017, 9:00 AM
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Sri Lankan fishing boats seized
A ministry report published in October said hundreds of foreign fishing vessels were operating illegally in Maldivian seas every year.
29 Nov 2017, 9:00 AM
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Sri Lanka aiding opposition coup plots, alleges lawmaker
MP Riyaz Rasheed told the press he was concerned that neighbouring countries were allowing exiled Maldivian politicians to plot attempts to oust President Abdulla Yameen.
09 Nov 2017, 9:00 AM
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Ambassador to Sri Lanka stands by threat to detain Nasheed
The ambassador-designate’s remarks prompted the opposition leader’s high-profile counsel Amal Clooney to warn that “any attempt by a Maldivian diplomat to detain President Nasheed in Sri Lanka would constitute a violation of international law as well as Sri Lankan criminal law.”
18 Sep 2017, 9:00 AM
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Ex-minister labels his detention on cash smuggling charge ‘harassment’
Former Islamic Minister Abdul Majeed Abdul Bari was briefly detained Sunday at Sri Lanka’s Bandaranaike Airport for carrying large sums of cash in his handbag.
06 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
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PPM MP slams Sri Lanka for harbouring ‘coup plotters’
MP Riyaz Rasheed slammed Sri Lanka for harbouring “coup plotters,” warning the neighbouring country against interfering in domestic affairs of the Maldives.
01 Sep 2016, 9:00 AM
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Two Maldivians arrested in Sri Lanka with 1kg of heroin
According to Sri Lankan media, the pair, aged-28 and 30, respectively, were arrested from a hotel in Colombo’s Bambalapitiya district in the late night hours of April 22.
24 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
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Suspect arrested over gangster’s murder paid for contract killing
Chief Inspector Mohamed Riyaz said today that a forensic analysis has found that a photo of Razeen lying dead in a van was sent to the suspect’s phone on the night of the murder. On the following morning, the suspect arrested in Malé last week transferred money to the bank account of the man arrested for the murder in Sri Lanka.
17 Apr 2016, 9:00 AM
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Maldivians arrested in Sri Lanka linked to international drug network
According to Sri Lankan media, a Maldivian couple was arrested on Saturday outside the Katunayaka airport with 3kg of heroin in their luggage. After interrogating the couple, Sri Lankan police arrested two other Maldivians and three Sri Lankans, including the alleged Sri Lankan ringleader.
28 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
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Two Maldivians arrested in Sri Lanka over sex-tape blackmail
The suspected racketeers were arrested yesterday from a hotel in Dehiwala, Colombo with two laptops containing nude video clips of more than 100 people, including five politicians. The alleged racketeers reportedly amassed more than MVR6 million from the blackmailing scam during the past two years.
13 Mar 2016, 9:00 AM
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Sri Lanka brokered deal for Nasheed’s release in jeopardy
Home Minister Umar Naseer, who had refused to meet UK Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office Hugo Swire today, is now claiming Nasheed tore up state documents.
18 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM
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Government denies Sri Lanka blacklisted foreign minister and MP
Newspaper Haveeru reported today that the pair were also held for more than an hour at the airport before being told they were blacklisted “by mistake.” Dunya and Faris – children of former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom – reportedly traveled to Colombo on an unofficial visit in late December.
03 Jan 2016, 9:00 AM