A digest of news and opinion from the Maldives.
Lawmakers pictured outside the parliament house. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The parliament went into a two-month recess on Wednesday, ending its third term of the year. The third term, which began October 9, consisted of only nine sittings. The main agenda of the parliament for this term was reviewing and passing the record state budget of […]
World Bank. PHOTO/KOSOVA PRESS The World Bank on Tuesday revealed that a company conducting a survey in the Maldives for the former has been posing political questions to survey takers. In a press release, the World Bank announced that the survey is for its Global Findex, the world’s most comprehensive database on financial inclusion. According […]
Youth minister Iruthisham Adam speaks at opening ceremony of Youth Forum. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Minister of Youth and Sports Iruthisham Adam declared on Monday that plans are underway to hold an International Youth Forum in the Maldives. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Youth Forum held to mark National Youth Day, Iruthisham stated that […]
Finance minister Ahmed Munawar (L) and Embassy of Netherlands’s deputy head of mission Eva Woersem sign and exchange agreement for RVO to grant USD 10.7 million for the Fuvahmulah coastal protection project. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) has granted the southern island of Fuvahmulah received USD 10.7 million for its coastal protection project. […]
Composite image of Ihavandhoo MP Mohamed Abdulla (R) and Hanimaadhoo MP Hussain Shahudy. Two more lawmakers, Ihavandhoo MP Mohamed Abdulla and Hanimaadhoo MP Hussain Shahudy, have been disqualified from Parliament after ruling Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) informed the Elections Commission that the two have been expelled from the party. PPM’s secretary general Abdulla Khaleel […]
Employees of Maldives Customs Service pictured at the celebration of the company’s 127th anniversary. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Maldives Customs Service has opened the bid to develop four towers of 15-storeys each in the second phase of reclaimed suburb Hulhumale. Customs announced Sunday that interested parties are to submit their proposals before December 4. The government […]
Sheikh Imran Abdulla leaves the High Court after his final appeal hearing. PHOTO/MIHAARU The Supreme Court has rejected Adhaalath Party leader Sheikh Imran Abdulla’s appeal to overturn the High Court’s verdict to jail him on terrorism charges. The High Court in April upheld the Criminal Court’s ruling to sentence Imran to 12 years in jail […]
MP Abdulla Riyaz pictured outside the Criminal Court. The state prosecution has forwarded another indictment against opposition Jumhoory Party’s deputy leader Abdulla Riyaz to the Criminal Court. The lawmaker of Kinbidhoo constituency is already charged with trespassing for forcefully entering the parliament house premises last July despite the army barring entry. His latest indictment is […]
Sumon Miah, the Bangladeshi national who confessed to killing Ismail Umar, a mechanic at the Ihavandhoo ice plant. Sumon Miah, who is charged with the murder of a local man in Haa Alif atoll Ihavandhoo island last Ramadan, pleaded guilty on Monday and gave a graphic description of the crime in court. The victim, Ismail […]