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Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command of Indian Navy pays courtesy call to Defence Minister Mariya

July 12, 2021, 10:44

Male', Maldives - Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command of Indian Navy, Vice Admiral (VAdm) A.K.Chawla on Sunday paid a courtesy call to Defence Minister of Maldives, Mariya Didi. The… Continued

President ratifies bill to eliminate revenue stamps in the Maldives

July 12, 2021, 09:54

Malé, Maldives - President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih on Monday, ratified the bill to eliminate the usage of revenue stamps The bill was passed by the Parliament on Monday, 5 July… Continued

Italy break the hearts of millions! Football came to Rome!

July 12, 2021, 09:30

Italy beat England on penalties, in the UEFA Euro 2020 final, delaying football to come home once again. The Azzurri concede an early goal in the opening two minutes of… Continued

241 Committee presents May Terror Attack inquiry report to President Solih

July 11, 2021, 16:24

Malé, Maldives –The inquiry report compiled by the Parliament’s Committee on National Security Services (241 Committee) on their investigation into the terror attack against Former President and Current Speaker of the… Continued

Police investigate Minister Mariya and Ilyas Labeeb for failure to report May 6 terror attack

July 11, 2021, 15:39

Malé, Maldives – Maldives Police Service has opened a case to investigate Defence Minister Mariya Didi and MP of Hulhudhoo Constituency Ilyas Labeeb for not revealing information that a terror attack was… Continued

Abdulla Kamaludeen to register new political party

July 11, 2021, 14:59

Male', Maldives - Former Cabinet minister, Abdulla Kamaludeen has applied to the Elections Commission (EC) to register his own political party. Kamaludeen began his political career with former President Maumoon… Continued

Suspect allegedly medicated at the time of making Presidential residence bomb threat

July 11, 2021, 14:04

Malé, Maldives – The man who is now remanded for 7 days for threatening to bomb the Presidential residence says that he was under medication for substance use recovery at… Continued

Criminal Court allowing virtual hearing for Ali Waheed to be appealed at top court

July 11, 2021, 13:30

Malé, Maldives — The State on Sunday revealed it’s decision to appeal the Criminal Court's verdict to allow the court trial of former Tourism Minister Ali Waheed, charged with seven… Continued

Police trains about 300 officers in investigating cases involving children

July 11, 2021, 12:37

Male', Maldives - Chief Inspector of Police, Rifaan Ahmed and Inspector of Police, Ahmed Sofwath Rauf informed on Friday that about 300 Police officers have been trained to investigate cases… Continued

MP Jeehaan elected to IPU’s Democracy and Human Rights Committee

July 11, 2021, 11:27

Malé, Maldives – MP of Hinnavaru Constituency and Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Gender and Human Rights Jeehaan Mahmood has been elected as a Democracy and Human Rights Committee Member of… Continued