Sources: Aljazeera
Sri Lankan public security minister Ananda Wijepala says that police and navy officers have been sent to the Maldives to cooperate with local authorities after the Maldivian military seized a Sri Lankan ship with over 300 kilograms of heroin on Friday. 2025-11-9
A court in the Maldives sentences former president Abdulla Yameen to 11 years in prison on money laundering and bribery charges. 2022-12-25
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe confirms that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country to the Maldives and declares a state of emergency and a curfew as the military fires tear gas at the protesters. 2022-07-13
Maldives reports its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in a tourist that arrived in the country. 2021-12-5
India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan and Maldives. 2021-01-20
The Maldives report its first two confirmed cases of COVID-19. 2020-03-7
Voters in the Maldives go to the polls for a presidential election with Abdulla Yameen winning the election with 51.3% of the vote. 2013-11-16
A member of the People’s Majlis, the parliament of the Maldives, is found stabbed to death near his home. 2012-10-2
Demonstrations occur against Maldivian President Mohammed Waheed Hassan, accused of taking power in a coup, as he attempts to open parliament for the second time this month. 2012-03-19