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The Maldives Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) has announced that a debate between rival presidential candidates will be broadcast via state media on September 1 this year.

“We have told the city council we do not want the bazaar to be held here again. What the public is doing [throwing waste all over the area] is affecting our sport," Maldives Surfing Association (MSA) President Ahmed Fauzan ‘Karo’ Abbas said today.

Airline Mega Maldives continues to operate scheduled flights to and from China this week, despite the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) taking action to freeze the company's accounts on Monday (June 17) over disputed tax payments.

Airline Mega Maldives continues to operate scheduled flights to and from China this week, despite the Maldives Inland Revenue Authority (MIRA) taking action to freeze the company's accounts on Monday (June 17) over disputed tax payments.

Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Deputy Parliament Group Leader MP Ali Waheed has called on the state to exhume the body of murdered scholar and Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) MP Dr Afrasheem Ali in order to conduct a post mortem.

Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) MP Ahmed Mahloof has today resigned from his position as spokesperson for the party, according to local media.

The disciplinary board of the Maldives Police Service (MPS) has decided not to take any administrative action against five officers facing criminal prosecution over police brutality on February 8, 2012, Assistant Commissioner of Police Ali Rasheed has confirmed.

Mohamed Maleeh Jamal has alleged he has been dismissed from his position of deputy tourism minister today for refusing to back President Dr Mohamed Waheed during the upcoming election.

Police have concluded an investigation into a collision that left a woman dead in Male' last month, requesting the state prosecute a 27 year-old male accused of driving the motorcycle that had struck the vehicle on which she had been riding.

Police have this morning arrested two suspects in connection to the assault of a Bangladesh national on the island of Muli in Meemu Atoll yesterday (June 17), according to media reports.

The Maldives Tourism Development Corporation's (MTDC's) board of directors has decided to sell the government-owned company's biggest asset, Herethere resort in Addu City, for US$30 million to a company with a majority stake owned by tourism magnate 'Champa' Hussain Afeef.

Two-hundred Maldivians will miss out on the annual Hajj pilgrimage this year after the Saudi Arabian government reduced the quota for Maldives from 1,000 to 800.

The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) boycotted a meeting arranged by the Maldives Police Service (MPS) yesterday (June 17) with political parties to discuss security issues for the upcoming presidential election.

The Maldives Gas Company has restricted the sale of gas cylinders due to a delay in the latest shipment caused by adverse weather.

The Bank of Maldives Plc Ltd (BML) has sued MP Ali Azim and his father over MVR 3.8 million (US$246,433) unpaid from a loan taken by the pair in 2007 for the construction of the Henveiru New Queen residence.

The ACC calculated that MACL would make a profit of about US$254 million in 25 years if the airport was operated by the government-owned company, while MACL would receive about US$534 million in the same period from the GMR consortium if the airport was privatised.

Although Environment Minister Shakeela was asked many times about what the government would do to guarantee investments “she skirted the question saying the ADB and WB is giving the guarantee. That was not the issue, the issue is what happens to our investments,” explained Renewable Energy Maldives Managing Director Ibrahim Nashid.

Residents on Maalhos in Alif Alif Atoll have today closed down the island's school and health centre and staged a sit down protest to demand the government send a doctor and solve an issue concerning "lazy" teachers.

As party members are accused of covering public property across the capital in their own political colours, the government has requested people stick to decorating their own property, adding President Waheed had no intention of painting any buildings or walls green in the colour of his own party.

MCC Mayor Ali Manik said this evening that despite hearing rumours Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muiz had given the council ten days from tomorrow (June 18) to clear and hand over the plot of land, he had not received any information on the matter from the government.