G Balasubramanian Appointed New Indian High Commissioner to Maldives
G Balasubramanian, a senior Indian Foreign Service officer from the 1998 batch, has been appointed as the High Commissioner of...
PNC PG Leader Calls for Broader Consultation on Israeli Passport Ban Amid Stalled Legislation
Ruling People’s National Congress (PNC) parliamentary group leader Ibrahim Falah on Monday called for consultation with Palestinians, Arab nations, and...
241 Committee Greenlights Expediting Consideration of ‘Israeli Passport Ban’ Bill
Parliament’s Committee on National Security Services (241 Committee) on Sunday approved to expedite committee proceedings on the bill introduced five...
Parliamentary Committee Approves Dismissal Motions Against Two ACC, Three EC Members
The Parliament Committee on Independent Institutions, during a confidential closed-door session on Sunday, approved to consider the dismissals of the...
Former MP Challenges Constitutional Amendment in Supreme Court
Former MP and lawyer Ali Hussain has filed a petition with the Supreme Court seeking to invalidate the recent constitutional...
India Probes Diversion of 70-Tonne Sugar Shipment Bound for Maldives
India’s Directorate-General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) is investigating irregularities surrounding 70 tonnes of sugar bound from India to the Maldives...
Maldives’ Debt Repayments Surpass MVR 2 Billion Mark
The Maldives has spent MVR 2.07 billion in loan payments this year alone, the latest Weekly Fiscal Development Report by...
Fayyaz Ismail Announces Bid for MDP Presidential Ticket
The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Chairman and opposition leader, Fayyaz Ismail, has announced his intention to contest the party’s primary...
Maldives, India Ink MoU on Using Local Currencies in Bilateral Cross-border Transactions
The Maldives and India, on Thursday, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the use of local currencies for cross-border...
Civil Society Expresses ‘Grave Concerns’ Over Constitutional Amendments
A significant collective of the civil society organisations (CSOs) in the Maldives on Thursday expressed “grave concerns” over the constitutional...
