Three cops interdicted over stolen weapons from police station

Woman found brutally murdered in Male’ City home

A young woman has been found brutally murdered in the Maldives capital Male’ with her neck and limbs cut off, the Maldives media reported. Twenty two year old Shiaau Mohamed Saeed was found murdered in H. Sheereenvilla last night. A witness had confirmed to Mihaaru news that her arms was cut off at her elbow, and her legs were also cut off. While an attempt was made to cut her neck off as well. Police said that the crime was reported to authorities at approximately 00:30am on Sunday morning.

07 Aug, 2022

Emergency Regulations amended

President Ranil Wickremesinghe has amended the emergency regulations issued in July. A gazette notice issued by the President states that the Emergency (Miscellaneous Provisions and Powers) Regulations, No. 1 of 2022 published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 2289/07 of July 18, 2022, as amended by regulations published in the Gazette Extraordinary No. 2289/41 of July 21, 2022, have been amended. The amendment states: (1) in paragraph (1) of regulation 11 thereof, by the substitution for the word

07 Aug, 2022

Sri Lanka asks China to delay sending ship after India pressure

Sri Lanka has asked China to indefinitely delay a visit by a ship following intense pressure by India, official sources said Saturday. The Yuan Wang 5 is en route from the Chinese port of Jiangyin and due in the Chinese-run Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on Thursday, according to analytics website MarineTraffic. It is described as a research and survey vessel, but according to CNN-News18 is a dual-use spy ship, employed for space and satellite tracking and with specific usage in intercontinenta

06 Aug, 2022