Authorities in the Maldives say they have arrested a key suspect who is believed to have detonated the IED that targeted the Maldives’ former president Mohammed Nasheed on Thursday, reported Raajje TV

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was critical and in intensive care on Saturday after being wounded in an explosion that occurred on Thursday evening just outside his home, media reports said

As COVID-19 cases remain unchecked in the Maldives, authorities on Friday have announced further restrictions, putting five islands under curfew, reported Raajje TV

Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed, who is now the parliament speaker, has been wounded in an explosion that occurred on Thursday evening just outside his home, reported Raajje TV

Authorities in the Maldives have decided to reimpose seven-hour-long night curfew in the Greater Male region as its daily COVID-19 caseload crossed 700 for the first time, reported Raajje TV

Almost 60 percent of beds in hospitals are occupied in the Greater Male region, the most densely populated area in the Maldives, and the daily case count of the coronavirus has already crossed 500, reported Raajje TV

Maldives Tourism Minister Abdullah Mausoom has been elected to the Executive Committee of the Asia Pacific Travel Association, an influential body to promote responsible travel and tourism in the region, reported Raajje TV

Abdullah Yameen, the former president of the Maldives, has been transferred to house arrest

The Maldives recorded 328 new infections on Monday, the highest single-day surge since March 2020 when the archipelago recorded the first cases of the coronavirus, reported Raajhe TV. Total cases of the COVID-19 surpassed the 28,000 marks

Authorities in the Maldives have tightened border measures for travelers that include mandatory ten days home quarantine for people coming from India, as the region braces a new wave of the COVID-19, reported Raajje TV

Authorities in the Maldives have so far vaccinated over 37,000 workers who are employed in the country’s tourism sector, according to Raajje TV

A terror suspect, arrested allegedly for plotting to blow up a school laboratory in the Maldives, on Friday alleged custodial torture by law enforcement officers, reported Sun news

Ahmad Shareef, the head of the Maldives’ Elections Commission, has criticized the country’s political parties for resorting to “irresponsible” behaviors while the counting for votes of local council elections was going on, reported Raajje Tv

An oil barge carrying 60,000 liters of diesel sank near the Maldives’s Embudu lagoon following a fire that broke out on the ship, as per a report in the Raajje tv

The Maldives government has signed an agreement to support local island tourism with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)