A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim. PHOTO/MIHAARU The Criminal Court has sentenced Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim to three years and two months in jail, after finding him guilty of attempting to bribe lawmakers. The court announced the verdict in absentia during the early hours of Friday morning. Maamigili MP Qasim was abruptly summoned around 10:30 […]
Former Maldivian President Mohamed Nasheed in Delhi on Thursday. Credit: By special arrangement Mohamed Nasheed spoke to The Wire about India’s quiet signals to the Maldives, why he doesn’t want to push Yameen out “forcefully” and the “new direction” of the opposition campaign. New Delhi: Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldives’ first democratically elected president, is in India after three years […]
Director Siddique was appreciated for addressing marital issues in a dignified manner in the Malayalam film Bhaskar The Rascal. Starring Mammootty and Nayanthara, the film hit the screens in 2015 and went on to become a blockbuster. The director is now wielding the megaphone for the Tamil version of Bhaskar The Rascal. Titled as Bhaskar […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom has today appointed Ahmed Naseer as the Governor of the Maldives Monetary Authority. President Yameen presented the letter of appointment to the Governor at the President’s Office this afternoon. Full details are available from the link below:
Maamigili MP Qasim Ibrahim carried out from the Criminal Court on a stretcher to the ambulance after he fainted during his hearing. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU State-run Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH) on Thursday warned that unless Jumhoory Party leader Qasim Ibrahim receives urgent medical treatment for his heart condition, which is unavailable in the Maldives, […]
Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon with his father, former president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, after the MP’s trial at the Criminal Court. PHOTO / MIHAARU Former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom on Thursday visited his jailed son, Dhiggaru MP Faris Maumoon, at the Maafushi Prison. This is the first time the former president is visiting his son since […]
US Ambassador to Maldives, Atul Keshap, speaks at opening of American Centre. PHOTO/MIHAARU The United States on Thursday called on the Maldives to establish and ensure an independent environment for the legislative branch of governance. With regards to the current political turmoil in Parliament, the Ambassador of the United States to Sri Lanka and the […]
A 32-year-old inmate at the high-security Maafushi prison died around 7:50 am Thursday morning while undergoing treatment at the island’s medical centre. Ibrahim Asgar, from the Vaijaheyge in the Maafanu ward of the capital, was serving a 12-year sentence on drug charges. “He was taken out of his cell yesterday because he was feeling ill […]
Jumhooree Party leader Gasim Ibrahim has been rushed to the hospital after collapsing at the criminal court Thursday afternoon. The 65-year-old opposition lawmaker fainted inside the courtroom during a closed-door hearing of his bribery trial. He was rushed out on a stretcher and taken on an ambulance to the ADK private hospital. The court heard […]