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13 Nov, 2026

Dollar Shortage Is Quietly Rewriting What Families Eat

Inside the grocery shops in Malé and Hulhumalé, the cost of filling a shopping basket has split into two very different realities. For items kept steady by state subsidies and official foreign-exchange

News·Politics

12 Nov, 2026

Arrest, Court Ruling and Corruption Inquiry Cloud Opposition’s Race for 2028 Ticket

In the space of ten days, two of the four men seeking the Maldivian Democratic Party’s presidential ticket have been drawn into the courts, and a third faces a corruption inquiry. The

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12 Nov, 2026

President Muizzu Picks 12 Elder Figures From Four Presidencies for Advisory Council

President Mohamed Muizzu established a 12-member Advisory Council of National Honourees on Wednesday. It brings together retired ministers, a broadcaster, a footballer, a writer journalist, a poet and a general to advise

Muizzu Travels to Türkiye for COP31, His Second Visit There as President

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu left on Tuesday for Antalya to attend the United Nations climate summit, COP31, his second visit to Türkiye since taking office in November 2023. He was accompanied by

10 Nov, 2026

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Diplomatic Ambitions and Domestic Reality: The Maldives’ Paradoxical Quest for Europe’s Open Borders

On the very same day the government introduced legislation to reinstate the death penalty, Foreign Minister Dr Irtisham Adam took to the podium at a public forum to outline a dramatically different

10 Nov, 2026

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Pakistan to Fund Cricket Stadium for Maldives, Years After India Pledged One

The Maldives will build an international-standard cricket stadium at Gulhifalhu with aid from Pakistan, President Dr Mohamed Muizzu said at a news conference at the President’s Office. The pledge follows an earlier,

10 Nov, 2026

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Government Plans Expansion of Nationalism Subject in Schools

Education Minister Dr Ismail Shafeeu announced that all Maldivian classrooms will be fully air-conditioned by the start of the upcoming academic year, pitching the move as a direct response to heat-induced learning

10 Nov, 2026

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Inebriated Migrant Workers Arrested Following Property Damage

In a country already struggling to contain a pervasive narcotics crisis, a late-night disturbance in Hulhumalé Phase 2 has added fresh fuel to public anger over illicit drug use and the conduct

10 Nov, 2026

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Muizzu Replaces Leadership of Commission Probing Ocean Rights Case

President Dr Mohamed Muizzu has reshuffled the leadership of a special commission tasked with investigating how the previous administration handled a high-stakes maritime border dispute with Mauritius. Under a presidential decree issued

10 Nov, 2026

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Muizzu Sets Target to Secure 500 Jobs for People with Disabilities

President Mohamed Muizzu announced on Monday that his administration is actively pursuing a target to create 500 employment opportunities across government ministries and state-owned enterprises for persons with disabilities. Responding to inquiries

09 Nov, 2026

News·Politics

Muizzu Rejects Referendum Demand for $20B Rasmalé Development

President Mohamed Muizzu has firmly ruled out holding a public referendum on the controversial Rasmalé real estate project involving Abu Dhabi-based developer Eagle Hills, insisting that statutory protections within proposed legislation fully

09 Nov, 2026

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Maldives Introduces Legislation to Execution by Hanging

The Maldivian government has presented a new bill to parliament establishing hanging as the sole legal method for carrying out the death penalty, marking a definitive attempt to construct a formal legal

09 Nov, 2026

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Maldives Submits Bill Making Defamation a Civil Matter, With Damages Capped

The government has submitted a bill to the Majlis that would define defamation as a civil offence and cap what courts can award in damages, the latest turn in an argument over

09 Nov, 2026

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Dollar Shortage Is Quietly Rewriting What Families Eat

Arrest, Court Ruling and Corruption Inquiry Cloud Opposition’s Race for 2028 Ticket

President Muizzu Picks 12 Elder Figures From Four Presidencies for Advisory Council

Muizzu Travels to Türkiye for COP31, His Second Visit There as President

Diplomatic Ambitions and Domestic Reality: The Maldives’ Paradoxical Quest for Europe’s Open Borders

Pakistan to Fund Cricket Stadium for Maldives, Years After India Pledged One

Government Plans Expansion of Nationalism Subject in Schools

Inebriated Migrant Workers Arrested Following Property Damage

Muizzu Replaces Leadership of Commission Probing Ocean Rights Case

Muizzu Sets Target to Secure 500 Jobs for People with Disabilities

Muizzu Rejects Referendum Demand for $20B Rasmalé Development

Maldives Introduces Legislation to Execution by Hanging

Maldives Submits Bill Making Defamation a Civil Matter, With Damages Capped

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