The second session of the 20th Parliament was extended twice, yet less than half of the legislative and oversight workload was completed, according to statistics released by the Parliament Secretariat

A bill on seizing property acquired through criminal activity was submitted it to Parliament; it establishes a legal framework to confiscate property obtained through criminal offences, closing avenues for offenders to profit from such assets

78,2% of the state budget allocated for the operation of government-owned companies has been spent in the first seven months of the year, government is planning major downsizing, though expect in dividends MVR 552 million (€31 million)

StatePharma, a fully state-owned company, is working to identify and address difficulties in accessing medicines across the Maldives; specifically, the company's MD and senior officials met with the Baa Atoll Eydhafushi Council as part of this effort

Sheikh Ismail Mohamed, the first Maldivian student to graduate from the Islamic University of Madinah and one of the most influential religious scholars in the Maldives, has passed away at the age of 85