The Dhivehi Post has leaked a document it claims is the ticket reservation for leader of the Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) Ahmed Thasmeen Ali, and Speaker of the Parliament Abdulla Shahid, to fly to India for “secret talks” with GMR.
Deputy Leaders Ali Waheed and Ibrahim “Mavota” Shareef moves to defend the party leadership from accusations of bribery, condemning efforts to “split up DRP” as “the biggest betrayal to the nation”
A delegation of Danish ministers, accompanied by a team of Danish journalists, are visiting the Maldives to see first hand the impact of climate change on the country.
A growing number of Maldivians are showing interest in taking part in the annual Hajj pilgrimage that kicked off yesterday, meaning both big business and a few logistical headaches for the private groups entrusted to oversee the holy visit to Mecca.
Reports of a clash among senior Adhaalath Party leadership over a press statement released last week, highly critical of the government’s new ‘fake wedding’ ceremony regulations, are incorrect, says State Islamic Minister.
The Maldives has been elected Co-Chair of the World Bank´s Strategic Climate Fund Committee, part of the US$6.4 billion Climate Investment Fund (CIF).
Extremism is a paramount danger to the Maldivian economy given our dependence on foreign money, writes Mohamed Nazim.
The IMF is losing patience with the Maldives’ failure to cut the public wage bill and legislate a business profit tax, however media reports that the financial body suspended support to the Maldives “are absolutely false”.
UN member states identify women’s rights, children’s rights, freedom of religion, penal reform, judicial reform, and the practice of public flogging as areas of human rights concern in the Maldives.