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- Police confirm fourth stabbing incident in Male’ within 48 hours
- Government to establish state-owned Hajj group
- Three arrested following seizure of over 100 bottles of alcohol
WSPA, EPA raise concern over living conditions of 10-foot crocodile in children’s playground
Locally known as ‘Kinboo’, the crocodile was first captured back in 1998 and was subsequently put inside an enclosure in a children’s play park for public entertainment.
Maldivian suspects released in rape case of Indian teacher
A Bangladeshi suspect meanwhile remains in police custody, after he was arrested following the attack trying to board a boat to Male’.
Attempts will be made to “assassinate” my character: Umar Naseer
A post made under the PPM presidential hopeful’s name on his Facebook and Twitter pages stated he had received “intel” that an attempt would be made to discredit his name by planting contraband in one of his offices.
Police arrest 10 in beauty salon raid on charges of prostitution
Police have arrested 10 people in the ‘Roma Beauty and Wellness Centre’, a private beauty salon in Male, on charges of prostitution.
51 year-old man dies in hospital after axe attack
A 51 year-old man has died in hospital after he was attacked with an axe while sleeping in a house on Gan in Laamu Atoll on Tuesday night.
Human Rights Ministry sends orphans to mental disability centre without psychiatric evaluation
The Maldives’ Ministry of Gender, Family and Human Rights has admitted transferring two children from the Villlingili island orphanage ‘Kudakudhunge Hiya’ to the Centre for People with Mental Disability on the island of Guraidhoo, without determining if they were in fact special needs children.
Documents from JSC show Gasim is lobbying Hulhumale’ court bench: MDP
The allegations follow a recently submitted motion by MDP Parliamentary Group Member Ibrahim ‘Bondey’ Rasheed to remove Gasim Ibrahim – who is also the leader and presidential candidate of Jumhooree Party – from the JSC.
Eleven political parties dissolved after controversial bill ratified by President
Out of the 16 parties that had previously existed prior to the ratification of the bill, only the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM), Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP), Jumhoory Party (JP) and Adhaalath Party (AP) remain registered in the Maldives.
NDA talks national drug studies, prevention policies and budget difficulties
The National Drug Agency (NDA) has defended the accuracy of a recent national survey into the scale of narcotics abuse and addiction in the Maldives, claiming the prevalence model used by researchers was the most efficient method presently available.