A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Economic minister Mohamed Saeed speaks at a rally in Hithadhoo, Addu. PHOTO/ASURUMA As a “hub of progress”, the southernmost atoll of Addu demands a leader like president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom, declared economic minister Mohamed Saeed late on Saturday night. Speaking at a rally held in Hithadhoo during first lady Fathimath Ibrahim’s current trip to […]
Exiled former President Mohamed Nasheed has called for the united opposition to seek the election of an interim leader in the 2018 presidential election. The task of the interim president should be transitional matters, “especially reforming the judiciary and reforming the government,” the opposition leader said in a message to members of the Maldivian Democratic Party. […]
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Two Maldivians en route to join the fighting in Syria have been arrested in Turkey and brought back to the country, according to the police. Both suspects have been remanded for 15 days, the police said, declining to disclose any further details. Two Maldivians were arrested in Turkey and brought back to Maldives while en […]
President Abdulla Yameen dialled up campaign rhetoric Thursday night at the first major rally of the Progressive Party of Maldives since facing heavy losses in May’s council elections. With less than a year for the 2018 presidential election, Yameen’s speech was heavily focused on excoriating the Maldivian Democratic Party government of former President Mohamed Nasheed, who presided […]
THOOTHUKUDI: A mechanised sailing vessel (thoni) that voyaged to Maldives from Thoothukudi with general cargo has gone missing with seven sailors on board. The vessel, ‘MSV Maria Iruthaya Robert Vijay’ with the registration number ‘TTN-224’ had started off on its voyage to Maldives from Thoothukudi old harbour with general cargo weighing 81 tonnes on October […]
The Government of Maldives has called on to establish an independent Palestine with East Jerusalem as capital, coexisting with Israel as the only solution to the Middle East crisis. Speaking in the United Nation’s Security Council’s Open Debate on the situation of the Middle East and the question of Palestine, Permanent Representative of the Maldives […]
President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom stated that the Maldives’ small size did not make it resourceless, and that this Administration will go to great lengths to ensure the fulfillment of the people’s needs, even by generating more resources. The President made this statement while speaking at a function held by the Progressive Party of Maldives […]
Police have started implementing monitoring and control orders against five suspected criminals. The police last week asked the High Court for monitoring and control orders for nine people seen as a “danger to society or suspected to attempt an act that is not in line with expected social behaviour”. It is not clear if the […]