The Ministry of Tourism has announced that nominations for the 'Tourism Awards' open on 1 June; the awards will be presented at the end of September in 12 areas comprising four categories and will be judged by a committee set up by the Ministry of Tourism

Sunday's parliamentary elections were overwhelmingly won by the People's National Congress, the conservative and nationalist party of the country's current president, pro-Chinese Mohamed Muizzu

President Mohamed Muizzu appointed new members, including a chairman and vice chairman, of the Labor Court

Over a million bottles of water from melting Tibetan glaciers have been sent to the country by China; the Maldives is seeing salt levels seeping into the earth and corrupting drinking water, making it dependent on desalination plants

Police have decided to open an internal investigation into the allegation that traffic police assaulted a teenage girl at a checkpoint in Hulhumale'