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MALE, MALDIVES (AFP) - The police arrested a key suspect in the attempted assassination of Maldivian former president Mohamed Nasheed, officials said on Thursday (May 20), as the well-known climate change campaigner recovered in a German hospital.
The unidentified man, reportedly a known Islamist extremist and the fourth person to be arrested, had parked a motorcycle rigged with a bomb that exploded in Male on May 6, police sources said.
Mr Nasheed, 54, who famously held an underwater Cabinet meeting to highlight the dangers of rising sea levels for his low-lying nation, was flown to Germany last week following 16 hours of emergency surgery.
Maritime and Shipping sectors
An 11-member board will be advising Economic Minister Fayyaz on determining the minimum wage for workers in these sectors. Prior to the amendments to the Employment Act, the government had previously attempted to install a minimum wage between MVR 4,000 and MVR 8,000 and conducted top-level discussions on the issue.
Establishing a minimum wage for workers in the Maldives had been a major electoral pledge to incumbent President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.
On the occasion of Labour Day, Spokesperson for the President s Office Mabrook Azeez stated that a number of efforts had been made to develop and sustain businesses across islands of the Maldives under the Solih administration.
FM Shahid concludes maiden trip to Kuwait
The purpose of the visit was to reaffirm the commitment of the Maldives to foster the existing close relationship with Kuwait
Zunana Zalif
The foreign minister departed to Kuwait on Monday
Foreign Ministry
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid has concluded his maiden official trip to Kuwait.
The foreign minister departed on his maiden visit on Monday with an aim to reaffirm Maldives commitment to foster the existing close bonds of friendship between Maldives and Kuwait. Discussions with Kuwaiti dignitaries revolved around ongoing development cooperation projects between Maldives and Kuwait and bilateral as well as multilateral issues and mutual priorities.
Maldives once again faces question of parliamentary governance
Former president and Speaker of Parliament Mohamed Nasheed informed President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih via text message a desire to have the Maldives shift to a parliamentary government
Speaker Nasheed wishes to forgo the 2023 Presidential Elections in favor of creating a new parliamentary government in the Maldives
President Solih replied by stating that the system of governance can only be changed if it is the will of the citizens
Aishath Hanaan Hussain Rasheed
19 Apr 2021 | Mon 17:10
The People s Majlis, where elected representatives currently make up the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Maldives