MDP launches agriculture policy: govt to buy, ship local produce

Villimaafannu constituency MP, Nihan Hussein Manik has said that the Progressive Party of Maldives, PPM, will join the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party, MDP Presidential candidate, former President Mohamed Nasheed only when a forumula is ...

Until last week, it appeared that the race for the Maldivian Presidency would be between two candidates the charismatic former President Mohamed Nasheed and Yameen Abdullah, the brother of former dictator and Nasheed's tormentor Maumoon Abdul ...

Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed has won the support of the countrys main Islamic party to seek re-election in national polls and is confident of victory, the foreign minister said today.

Maldivian President Mohamed Waheed on Saturday sacked his Home Minister and India-baiter Mohamed Jameel Ahmed citing conflict of interests after the Minister switched parties, and was named vice-presidential candidate by former dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayooms ...

The US has reiterated that it has no intention to establish a base or military presence in the Maldives, after a leaked Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the two countries militaries sparked local speculation in April. Former US Ambassador ...

A seven member delegation from the Maldivian Election Commission is on a visit to India to get first-hand experience of the assembly elections in Karnataka, as they prepare for forthcoming Presidential polls in the island nation.

New York, May 10 : The upcoming elections in the Maldives represent an important opportunity to move forward with its democratic transition, a senior United Nations official stressed Thursday, as he wrapped up a three-day visit to the country. "We ...

Maldivian authorities must commute the death sentences and stop the potential execution of two teenagers who received capital punishment for a murder allegedly committed when they were under the age of 18, a prominent human rights group said today.

Arbitration proceedings on the 500- million-US-dollar airport contract row between the Maldivian government and an Indian company will start in the middle of 2014, local media reports said here on Thursday, adding that an exact date is yet to be ...