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A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.

Mohamed Asim

Sexual harassment against women

Case of Ali Waheed and Nahula: A new chapter against sexual harassment?

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The original was published on cnm.mv on 26th February 2020. The following is a loose translation: Sexual harassment is indeed a disgraceful act. This kind of acts shouldn’t be seen from top management. What is sad is that while women are as active as men at work here in the Maldives, such traits are still […]

mission heads and Fm

Four Maldives foreign missions misappropriated funds

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From left to right- Maldives Consul in Trivandrum Ali Adam, Maldives Ambassador to Pakistan Ahmed Saleem, Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Mohamed Asim, Maldives Ambassador to Bangladesh Aishath Shaan Shakir, Maldives Ambassador to UAE Dr Hussain Niyaz. The original Dhivehi article was published on Mihaaru.com website on 13 October 2018 The following is a loose […]

Maldives allays concerns on China, says ‘India First’

Maldives allays concerns on China, says ‘India First’

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NEW DELHI: India and the Maldives pressed the reset button in ties with the latter’s foreign minister Mohamed Asim briefing his counterpart Sushma Swaraj and PM Narendra Modi about Male‘s position on a host of issues that seemed to be plaguing the bilateral relationship in recent times. Asim, who visited India also as President Abdulla […]