A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
A 45-year-old man has been arrested on a southern island on suspicion of sexually abusing a six-year-old girl who was previously victimised by a different perpetrator. A police media official said the Maldivian suspect was taken into custody Monday night from the island in Gaaf Alif atoll. A 35-year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker was arrested in […]
A group of Maldivian delegates at SAYS 2017 posing for a picture with the Maldivian flag in Bhubaneswar, India on September 16, 2017. Maldives, along with three other countries have expressed interest in hosting the second edition of the South Asian Youth Summit (SAYS), which will be held in 2018. The 1st SAYS is currently […]
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has started a special photography competition, “Urban Art Reaction”, to capture photos of people engaging with the arts at different locations of Hulhumale’ or snaps that exhibit the urban life and environment of Hulhumale’. To enter into this competition, participants must upload their photo to Instagram or Facebook with the hashtags […]
Maldives Food and Drug Authority on Monday refuted reports of ‘plastic’ rice in the country, insisting that tests thus far have been negative. In a letter sent to Lily International which is the importer of renowned rice brand ‘Kohinoor’, FDA said the investigation into reports had not revealed any traces of plastic in the rice […]
The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 17th September 2017. The following is a loose translation: True, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives did not lie. Last Friday, on the 15th September, at the UN vote, there was no mention of Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, nor even a relating story to that […]
Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muiz has defended an anonymised list of winners of flats in Hulhumalé, denying allegations that applicants were phoned by the first lady’s campaign office to check their political allegiance. At a testy press conference Monday morning, Muiz insisted that the 661 flat winners were chosen from more than 15,000 applicants after […]
MNDF helicopter pictured in flight. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) stated Monday that they still have not located an elderly man that went missing in Meemu atoll Maduvvari island, after he went swimming early the previous day. The 60-year-old man was last seen around 7:30 a.m. Sunday morning on the beach, massaging […]
This workshop was organized in collaboration with A.A. Ukulhahu School. Opportunity was given to librarians, teachers, students, parents and interested people from 08 islands in A.A. Atoll to participate in the workshop. Participants from Ukulhas, Maalhos, and Bodu Folhudhoo completed the workshop which includes librarians, teachers, and students. Due to bad weather conditions some of […]