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- Police arrest 48 year-old man for allegedly molesting 10 year-old girl
- 50 companies fail to pay Business Profit Tax by April deadline: MIRA
- President calls on country to put “national stability” ahead of political affiliations
Death metal band Opeth rocks Male’ during “coup d’etat”
Much like the Lebanese who continued to celebrate as bombs rained down on Beirut, heavy metal fans refused to cancel the show even as government hospitals declared a state of emergency.
Mob storms National Museum, destroys Buddhist statues: “A significant part of our heritage is lost now”
A museum official said that a group of five to six men stormed into the building twice, “deliberately targeting the Buddhist relics and ruins of monasteries exhibited in the pre-Islamic collection, destroying most items “beyond repair”.
Seaplane crash lands at Ibrahim Nasir International Airport
None of the nine passengers or crew were injured, and officials were unclear of the cause of the accident. An investigation is underway.
Qatar flight delayed in payment dispute over ground handling charges
Qatar canceled flights to Male’ on Monday, after a flight last night was delayed an hour and 20 minutes in an ongoing payment dispute before GMR allowed it to depart “on compassionate grounds.”
“Maldives lied”: New7wonders controversy continues in South Korea
“Unfortunately the Maldives was until recently a dictatorship, and maybe they still have some of the bad habits of a dictatorship,” New7Wonders Director, Jean-Paul de la Fuente, told South Korean media. The Maldives withdrew from the competition last year.
Two Chinese nationals found dead in 48 hours
Tourist deaths – usually while snorkeling – are disproportionately higher among the Chinese, which now statistically accounts for the largest tourist market for the Maldives, compared to the traditional European market.
Talking about a Maldives music revolution
Sounds of Identity is a series of articles that look at Maldivian musicians and performing artists. The first in the series is a profile of the pioneering music movement in the Maldives Dinba Family.
Fisheries industry at stake as activists threaten to withdraw ‘dolphin-safe’ label
The Maldives tuna industry’s dolphin-safe reputation is under threat after US-based environmental NGO Earth Island Institute (EII) has threatened to withdraw the ‘dolphin-safe’ label from the fisheries industry, in protest against a proposed dolphin lagoon in the Maldives.
Maldivians among 161 Muslim clerics evicted from Sri Lanka for illegal preaching
The group to which the clerics belonged to remains “controversial” among the Muslim community and has been criticised even by the some local religious NGOs in the Maldives.