1. Maldives adopt new constitution
(News/National News)

The President of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has ratified a new constitution bringing in key democratic changes after years of autocratic rule. It paves the way for the first multi-party presi

2. Gasim May Run For Presidency
(News/National News)

Former finance minister Gasim Ibrahim, one of the Maldives' richest men as head of the Villa group of companies, has said Thursday he has joined the Republican party and may run for the national p

3. Republican Party Becomes Largest Opposition Group In Parliament
(News/National News)

...t looks set to continue growing after former finance minister Gasim Ibrahim, one of the richest men in the Maldives, joined at 8am Thursday morning, indicating he would be prepared to divest his busin...

4. Voice of India Ishmeet Singh drowns in Maldives
(News/Asia & Region)

...died under mysterious circumstances by "drowning" in a swimming pool in Male, the capital of the Maldives. SaveThe 19-year-old singer hailing from a middle-class of this industrial ...

5. Gayoom selected Thasmeen Ali as running mate
(News/National News)

...s on local development. It was the first time popular representation was allowed at island level in the Maldives. But opposition parties said the groups had little power, and criticised the procedu...

6. CIM launches Member Group in Maldives
(News/Asia & Region)

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Sri Lanka Region officially launched the CIM Member Group -The Maldives Chapter on 15th July 2008 at a ceremony held in Male, a press release said. The Chief Guest

7. The Maldives to host 16th SAARC Summit
(News/Asia & Region)

...uth Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Sunday decided to hold the 16th SAARC summit in the Maldives. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announced at the conclusion of the 15th SAA...

8. Maldives To Recruit Skilled Bangladeshis
(News/National News)

...s figures from the Ministry of Employment, 25,819 Bangladeshis are currently registered as employed in the Maldives. The largest employer of Bangladeshis is construction, with 11,691 employed in th...

9. Maldives Warned By US On Freedom Of Religion
(News/National News)

The US government has cautioned the Maldives over new wording in the constitution in progress which means non-Muslims could lose their Maldivian citizenship, US ambassador Robert Blake said at a Tuesd

10. Surfing in paradise
(News/Travel & Business)

...s if someone has filled the ocean with dazzling aquamarine jewels. The archipelago of the Maldives is southwest of India in the Indian Ocean and comprises almost 2000 islands and atol...

11. Astronomical Observatory introduced at Soneva Fushi
(News/Travel & Business)

Soneva provides the benchmark by which resort experiences in the Maldives are measured, and now the multi-award-winning Soneva Fushi has once again moved that mark by opening the only resort based ast

12. Maldives First Private TV Broadcasts Test Signal Via Cable
(News/National News)

Maldives Broadcasting Company's DhiTV has started broadcasting its test signal. This is the first time that a private company in Maldives has broadcast a TV signal. The managing director of the

13. Grant and Hurley win holiday-snaps pay-out
(News/Entertainment)

...00) in damages for invasion of privacy, after they were photographed on holiday in a private resort in the Maldives. Grant, model Hurley and her businessman husband Arun Nayar filed suit against phot...

14. Microsoft deal with Maldives main telecom provider
(News/Travel & Business)

Dhiraagu - Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Pvt Ltd, the leading telecommunications service provider in the Maldives, has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft by opting for the Microsoft Enter

15. Microsoft deal with Maldives’ main telecom provider
(News/Travel & Business)

Dhiraagu - Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun Pvt Ltd, the leading telecommunications service provider in the Maldives, has entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft by opting for the Microsoft Enter

16. New Rights For Workers Under Employment Bill
(News/National News)

...n Wednesday passed the Employment Bill, setting out a comprehensive package of rights for employees in the Maldives for the first time. Once the bill comes into force, working hours will be limited...

17. President Calls For Greenhouse Gas Cuts - But Economy First
(News/National News)

...ll for a reduction in the international flights which are the fastest-growing source of such emissions, as Maldives is economically dependent on the tourism industry. The speech – accompanied...

18. Major Risks To Maldives Economy: ADB
(News/National News)

Maldives faces a “major risk” from government capital spending and a “crucial” need to address economic inequalities, a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has war

19. Why the Maldives are pure fantasy islands
(News/Reports & Analysis)

...t the children was always going to seem special, but for Claudia Winkleman every aspect of her time in the Maldives combined to make the experience feel like heaven on earth ...

20. Maldives gets UN top human rights body to study climate change
(News/National News)

GENEVA, The island nation of the Maldives said it made a big step forward Friday toward protecting its very existence, which it fears is threatened by global warming.

21. Child Sex Offender Verdicts Breach International Law
(News/National News)

...commitments under international law – as well as meaning the men would be free to re-offend. The Maldives is a member of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention of the R...

22. India, Maldives Set To Prepare New Trade Agreement In Three Months
(News/Travel & Business)

Existing trade agreements between India and the Maldives could be reviewed as soon as three months’ time following a visit from Indian Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh. The curren

23. New York, Tokyo may follow tropical Maldives underwater
(News/Science & Nature)

Wine grapes don't grow very well in the Maldives. Actually, other than coconuts and bananas, not much does. Yet this tropical paradise has something in common with the world's oldest vineyar

24. The Jihad in Paradise
(News/Reports & Analysis)

Sometimes Maldives government used novel means to punish Pakistan-trained Islamists --some famously had their beards shaved off with chilli sauce --but for the most part, it chose accommodation. Now

25. Maldives hunts bomb in suspected militant plot
(News/National News)

MALDIVES, (Reuters) - Maldives police are searching for a bomb they believe was part of a plot by Islamic militants to attack the country's tourist industry, officials said on Wednesday. The b

26. In Disaster's Wake, Paradise Restored
(News/Reports & Analysis)

The 2004 Asian tsunami nearly wiped out parts of the Maldives, a fragile island nation in the Indian Ocean. Three years later, the remote archipelago is well into a tourism building boom that is alrea

27. Maldives warns global warming threatening islands
(News/National News)

The President of the Maldives on Wednesday called for urgent global action against climate change, saying rising sea levels are threatening the survival of his country's low-lying islands. Maumo

28. Maldives suspects 'in Pakistan'
(News/National News)

Police in the Maldives say 10 suspects in a bomb attack on foreign tourists in September, which wounded 12, are on the run in Pakistan. A police spokesman told Reuters they were seeking support from

29. Jazeera Airways launches flights to the Maldives
(News/National News)

... and Dubai based Jazeera Airways announced today the launch of their non-stop route from Dubai to the Maldives. Attending the media launch event in the Maldives were Jazeera Airways senior offic...

30. Paradise without the gloss
(News/Reports & Analysis)

... and hardly any honeymooning couples. But what there is more than makes up for that. For Gan is the real Maldives – and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg to get here. Equator Village, the...