By the end of last year, roughly MVR 100 million in public money had gone toward health insurance premiums for Members of Parliament. Sitting MPs currently enjoy a package worth about MVR 1.3 million a year that covers themselves, their spouses and their children under 18. Former MPs ge…
By the end of last year, roughly MVR 100 million in public money had gone toward health insurance premiums for Members of Parliament. Sitting MPs currently enjoy a package worth about MVR 1.3 million a year that covers themselves, their spouses an…
Young people in the Maldives now have a dedicated toll-free number to call for counselling and mental health guidance. The service, reachable at 1456, aims to bring psychological support, advice and practical help under one contact point. Caller…
A lighthearted comment about a bomb in a suitcase has landed an Egyptian man in custody for five days after security staff at Velana International Airport took it seriously. Peter Samaan Marzouk Samaan, 38, made the remark while his sister’s bag…
Thousands of Maldivian students walked into exam halls this morning as O-level examinations officially got underway. A total of 8,111 candidates are sitting the papers in this batch, with the exams scheduled to run until 12 November. Alongside t…
The Maldives recorded a sharp quarterly drop in economic activity during the second quarter of this year. Official figures from the National Bureau of Statistics show the economy contracted 12.3 percent compared with the first three months of 2026…
More than one billion rufiyaa has now been handed out under the Hiyaavehi Finance Scheme, the government programme that offers low-rate loans for people building their own homes. According to a social media update posted by the Housing Ministry l…
The Anti-Corruption Commission has referred former Maldives Ports Limited CEO Mohammed Junaid to the Prosecutor General’s Office over a questionable purchase of air-conditioning units that left the state company hundreds of thousands of rufiyaa ou…
The Anti-Corruption Commission has moved to charge Thinadhoo Mayor Saud Ali along with three former council members for allegedly handing out land without proper process. The case centers on plots given to a private company for a cooking gas busin…