The Lyricist and the Mufti: A Search for God in a Divided Age
NEW DELHI — In a quiet hall at the Constitution Club, just a stone’s throw from India’s Parliament, two men sat across from each other to argue a question as old as
China’s High-Speed Rail: Debt and Doubt Derail Ambition
China’s high-speed railway network, a sprawling 30,000-mile marvel, stands as a symbol of the country’s rapid modernization. Launched under Xi Jinping’s ambitious vision in 2013, it has grown into one of the
A Golden Jubilee of Friendship: Viet Nam and the Maldives Move forward to a New Path
By Her Excellency Trinh Thi Tam, Non-Resident Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the Maldives As Viet Nam and the Maldives approach the 50th anniversary of our diplomatic relations, we
A Decade of Beating Hearts
MALE’ — There is a particular kind of quiet heroism that the Maldives does not quite know how to celebrate. It does not involve a ribbon-cutting with a minister in the frame.
Nasheed Says MDP Chairperson Should Not Contest Presidential Primary While in Post
MALE’ — Mohamed Nasheed said on Sunday that whoever holds the MDP chairpersonship should not contest the party’s presidential primary while still in the role, a position that carries pointed implications given
Dollar Shortage? Minister Saeed Has a Song for That
MALE’ — The dollar is scarce. The black market rate has crossed MVR 20. Importers are struggling, small businesses are quietly suffocating, and the ordinary Maldivian trying to send a child abroad
Three Presidents’ Alliance: Big Launch, Little Momentum
MALE’ — When three former presidents of the Maldives sat together on 15 May, signed a joint statement and held a press conference, it looked like the beginning of something. The photographs
Nasheed Says He Will March Despite Threat, After Security Committee Strips Protection at Protests
MALE’ — Former President Mohamed Nasheed said on Sunday he will continue attending street protests even without security protection, after a Majlis committee ruled that former presidents are not entitled to MNDF
MDP Takes Thinadhoo Council Seat Case to Court as Nasheed Calls Removal Unlawful
MALE’ — The Maldivian Democratic Party has decided to challenge in court the Local Government Authority’s decision to declare the Vaavu Thinadhoo Island Council presidency vacant, MDP Chairperson Mohamed Nasheed said on
Chairperson of Development Bank Resigns as Institution Yet to Open for Business
MALE’ — The chairperson of the Development Bank of Maldives has resigned, the latest departure from a state institution that was launched in November 2024, given a business licence in January this
Majlis Accepts Digital Transformation and Digital Identity Bills for Committee Review
MALE’ — The People’s Majlis has accepted two government-sponsored bills that together form the legal backbone of President Dr Mohamed Muizzu’s Maldives 2.0 digital transformation agenda, passing them to the Information and
China Helping Maldives Fight Palm Disease as Two-Year Treatment Plan Takes Shape
MALE’ — The government is working with Chinese agricultural scientists to address a persistent disease affecting coconut palms across the Maldives, with analysis under way at the Hanimaadhoo Agriculture Centre and a
Land Transport Services to Go Fully Digital by August as RTL Network Targets Full Coverage by January
MALE’ — All land transport services in the Maldives will be fully digitalised by the end of August, Economic Development and Trade Minister Mohamed Saeed told Majlis as the government works to