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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 bans entry to flights from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi and Eswatini.
2021-11-28

The Maldives imposes a curfew from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 a.m. and will only allow people to travel for a few hours each day to obtain essential supplies in order to reduce the number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-05-26

India begins exporting the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Bhutan and Maldives.
2021-01-20

The MT "New Diamond" is towed out of sea off the coast of Sri Lanka amid major fears of a massive oil spill after the ship caught fire yesterday, killing one Filipino crewman. The Panamanian-registered ship carries about 270,000 tonnes of crude oil. The government of the Maldives has expressed worry, with a presidential minister saying that the country needs to take all precautions to prevent oil from reaching its shores.
2020-09-4

Voters in the Maldives go to the polls for the second round of a presidential election.
2013-11-9

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

Nasheed later resigns on national television as the unrest spreads with the mutinying officers gaining control of state television.
2012-02-7

Maldives National Defence Force soldiers fire rubber bullets at police officers demonstrating in the capital Malé who are defying an order by President Mohamed Nasheed to crack down on protests.
2012-02-7

Taliban and Afghan government representatives meet for unofficial talks in the Maldives.
2010-05-21