Maldivian parliament Speaker Abdull Raheem Abdulla to visit India on official trip
Abdul Raheem Abdulla is visiting India at the invitation of Om Birla, Speaker of the 17th Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India
Transparency Maldives demands inquiry into fraudulent party memberships
Male, February 8 (Plus): In January 2025, Transparency Maldives (TM) called on the government and the Elections Commission of Maldives (ECM) to conduct a thorough investigation into the ongoing practice of fraudulent registration of Maldivian citizens to political parties. In a press statement published today,...
Full text of the speech of President Mohamed Muizzu at the Maldivian parliament on February 5
, 2025Male, February 8: Ninety one years ago, on 22 December 1932, the Royal Statement (Khutbat-ul-Arshi) by His Majesty Sultan Muhammad Shamsuddin III, Siri Kula Sundra Kathiri Bavana Maharaadhun, which focused on the state of affairs and future vision of the Maldives, was the first...
Maldives’ foreign policy to prioritise sovereignty and regional ties: President Muizzu
Opposition MDP protests both inside and outside parliament
India to Maldives’ rescue again
President Muizzu faces grave economic challenges which have spawned discontent both within and outside his Peoples’ National Congress (PNC).
India increases foreign aid to Maldives in a diplomatic reset
By Navami Nandan/Maldives Republic New Delhi, February 2: India has raised its foreign aid allocation to the Maldives for the fiscal year 2025-26, increasing it from US$54.2 million to over US$69 million, a move that comes as Male’ seeks to rebuild its relationship with New...
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi visits Maldives after Maldivian Ministers visited India
Male, January 10: Both Beijing and New Delhi are wooing Maldives because of its strategic importance and Maldives is hoping to reap benefits by cultivating the two geopolitical rivals. Close on the heels of visits to India by the Maldivian Foreign and Defence Ministers to...
Maldivian ministers’ visits to India comprehensively strengthen bilateral ties
Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon and Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel reached wide-ranging agreements with India during their back to back visit to New Delhi. By Gulbin Sultana New Delhi, January 9 (South Asian Affairs): Maldivian Defence Minister Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon is on a three-day...
Maldives is determined to go beyond tourism to other sectors
President Muizzu undertakes projects that will supplement tourism and generate jobs for all skill sets By P.K.Balachandran Colombo, January 7: Maldives, which has been over-dependent on the tourism industry for decades, has begun to realize the risks of over-dependence on one sector and President Mohamed...
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