A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
MP Imthiyaz Fahmy has filed a police complaint over articles on a pro-government tabloid site that he claims could put his life at risk, local media has reported. The Maafannu-Uthuru lawmaker urged police to investigate Vaguthu Online over three articles about him, according to Vnews. Vaguthu claimed the parliamentarian had called for Buddhism in the […]
Former President Mohamed Nasheed PHOTO:AFP The United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Religion or Belief, Dr Ahmed Shaheed, declared that the UN Human Rights Committee would rule in favour of former president Mohamed Nasheed, ensuring his candidacy in this year’s presidential elections. Dr Shaheed made the statement on Tuesday in a tweet. He stated that, […]
Islamic University’s chancellor speaks during an IUM conference. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Islamic University (IUM) has opened a bid to develop a tower of 14-storeys in the second phase of reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. IUM announced that the tower would be developed on a plot of 19,369 square feet, with the building occupying 14,343 square feet […]
A boduberu group gives a cultural performance at VIA. FILE PHOTO/MIHAARU President Abdulla Yameen on Wednesday declared that March 6 would be celebrated as the National Patriotism Day from this year onwards. According to the President’s Office, March 6, 2017, marked the inauguration of “Tharika”, a national campaign Yameen had outlined in his Presidential Address […]
Detained MP Ahmed Faris Maumoon has submitted disciplinary complaints regarding five Supreme Court judges to the Judicial Service Commission, Mihaaru has reported. The complaint is about the judges’ failure to create regulations that, under the Criminal Procedures Act, are stipulated to be made within an allocated time period, said Maumoon Hameed from Faris’s legal team. […]
The opposition will not be able to field one candidate for the presidential elections, according to the former chair of the Maldivian Democratic Party. The deputy speaker of parliament Moosa Manik said he had no concerns over President Abdulla Yameen winning the presidency because the opposition was already showing signs of infighting, Mihaaru reported. The […]
National flags of China and Maldives fly on Tiananmen Square to welcome Maldives President Abdulla Yameen in Beijing on Dec. 6. (Getty Images) COLOMBO – In mid-December, K.C. Singh, a former head of India’s external affairs ministry, criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for alleged slackness in setting the parameters that shape the country’s ties […]
Sri Lankan civil society activists and exiled Maldivian nationals residing in Sri Lanka protest Yameen Rasheed’s murder outside the Maldivian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka (May 8, 2017) More than three years ago, in August 2014, Ahmed Rilwan disappeared after being abducted at knifepoint. Aside from his abductors, no one knows whether he is […]
Kanniyakumari: About twenty-seven fishermen, who went fishing in deep sea following cyclone ‘Ockhi’ , returned safely to the district after facing various difficulties on Saturday. PTI Photo(PTI12_9_2017_000133B) | Photo Credit: PTI Having lost trust in the search operations of the State and Central governments to locate their brethren who went missing after Cyclone Ockhi, 36 […]