Maldives Politics News

Foreign minister Dipu Moni has said the upcoming Copenhagen talks must have the provision of giving funds to the affected countries in the "form of grant, not loan" to help people to adapt to climate change. Addressing the Climate Vulnerable...

The Maldivian president and ministers held the world's first underwater cabinet meeting on Saturday, in a symbolic cry for help over rising sea levels that threaten the tropical archipelago's existence. Aiming for another attention-grabbing event to bring the risks of...

Sri Lanka— Maldives government ministers are taking scuba lessons and learning underwater signs in preparation for an unprecedented Cabinet meeting at the bottom of the ocean intended to highlight the threat global warming poses to the low-lying nation. Since taking...

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet met 20 feet under the sea surface Saturday to dramatize the country's vulnerability to climate change. The officials wore wet suits and used scuba gear to breath, ABC News reported.

Ministers in the Maldives dived in their final rehearsals Friday ahead of an underwater cabinet meeting this weekend aimed at drawing attention to the dangers of global warming for the island nation. Ministers in full scuba gear dived six metres...

Jetstar says it is investigating the incident and will interview the flight attendant today, but maintains passenger details are secure and protected by its privacy policy. The woman and her two daughters, aged 15 and 16, flew from the Sunshine...

Dhaka, Nov 1 (bdnews24.com)�The Maldives government has accorded legal permission to over 16,000 Bangladeshis to stay and work there. Expatriate welfare and overseas employment minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain told the media on Sunday on his return from a four-day trip...

Mohamed Nasheed and his cabinet spent half an hour on the seabed signing a document calling for carbon emission cuts. Communicating with white boards and hand signals, the Maldives government officials warned international leaders of the serious environmental threat of...

We are talking about lack of dry land and people will move to wherever there is land and there is resources and livelihood available. We are talking about billion or so people, especially around India and in South Asia and...