A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
MP Mahloof (R) with former President Mohamed Nasheed The opposition coalition will nominate an interim president who is not outwardly politically active, but it will be someone who all the parties will accept, Galolhu South MP Ahmed Mahloof said on Sunday night. Speaking to the opposition-aligned television channel Raajje TV, MP Mahloof revealed that the […]
Galolhu South Constituency MP Ahmed Mahloof has met the EU Ambassador to the Maldives Tung-Laï. The Parliamentarian said the two had discussed on how the EU resolution on the Maldives can be implemented and measures to ensure that 2018 Presidential elections can be free and fair. MP Mahloof also said he had briefed the Ambassador […]
Opposition lawmakers pictured en route to the parliament. PHOTO/MIHAARU Opposition lawmakers on Wednesday slated Maldives Broadcasting Commission (MBC) after its warning to broadcasters over airing live feeds of parliament sittings uploaded by MPs to social media. MBC on Monday had stated that content from MPs’ social media live feeds of parliament sessions often feature vulgar […]
Indian Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan addresses an event in Mumbai on May 12, 2017, held to announce him as World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia. PHOTO/AFP Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who was to take part in the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s seventieth session of the Regional Committee for South-East Asia […]
Indian Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan addresses an event in Mumbai on May 12, 2017, held to announce him as World Health Organization (WHO) goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis in South-East Asia. PHOTO/AFP Opposition lawmaker of Galolhu South constituency, Ahmed Mahloof, on Monday requested Bollywood’s celebrity actor Amitabh Bachchan to boycott his upcoming trip to the Maldives […]
Eggs on the parliament floor — the last sitting of the second term of the parliament saw eggs flying over the parliamentarians heads. PHOTO / TWITTER The last sitting of this term’s parliament sitting held on Thursday took an unexpected turn, with eggs flying over the lawmakers’ heads inside the parliament chamber. According to ruling […]