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The following lists events that happened during 2024 in the Maldives.

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January[edit]

  • 3 January: Private companies are allowed to operate drug rehabilitation centres in the country.[1]
  • 4 January: President Mohamed Muizzu launches a multimillion-dollar project to upgrade Velana International Airport (VIA) to boost the capacity to 25 million passengers,[2] resulting in the relocation of seaplane terminals to be relocated to Funadhoo for the project to continue.[3] Muizzu plans the creation of an body with the name "Maldives International Financial Services Authority" and plans Funadhoo to be an international financial hub.[4][5]
  • 7 January:
    • Malé Prison is relocated due to its close proximity to other schools and colleges.[6]
    • The National Anthem begins playing everyday at schools.[7]
Muizzu meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2023. India and Maldives faced a 2024 India–Maldives diplomatic row in January 2024.
  • 8 January: 2024 India-Maldives diplomatic row: Three ministers who work in the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Information and Arts are suspended for insulting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on X) when he posts a photo of him in Lakshadweep. The Youth Ministry officials call Modi a "clown," a "terrorist," and a "puppet of Israel", sparking online controversy about India-Maldives relations and travel boycotts against the Maldives by Indians.[8][9][10]
  • 10 January: The website of the Juvenile Court of the Maldives is attacked by Indian hackers.[11][12]
  • 12 January:
    • Malé and other islands experience flooding and rain.[13] Due to the flooding, Hulhumalé cemetery was flooded and bodies that were to be buried were moved to Galolhu cemetery in Malé.[14] The weather causes flight delays and damages one plane,[15][16] as well as submerging 144 houses[17] and displacing several residents.[18] It was later reported that the capital had 159 mm of rain, the heaviest ever being recorded.[19]
    • The trial of actor, Mohamed Yunan and his wife Fathimath Rihula ends. They were charged with multiple counts of sexually abusing children in their family from 2019 to 2020.[20]
  • 13 January:
    • Voters in Malé vote for a new mayor.[21] Adam Azim wins the election.[22]
  • 14 January:
  • 15 January:
  • 16 January:
    • Air in Malé becomes unusually polluted due to the season change from Hulhangu (Southwest monsoon) to Iruvai (Northeast monsoon), with the quality index being 168.[30][31]
    • Urbanco reverts back to calling themselves Housing Development Corporation (HDC) due to confusion among the public.[32]
  • 17 January: Maldives controls the spread of Hepatitis B and is given recognition by the World Health Organization.[33]
  • 18 January:
    • The Elections Commission of Maldives (ECM) mandates that individuals wishing to participate in parliamentary elections to open separate bank accounts.[34]
    • Government constructs temporary mosques in Phase II of Hulhumalé for Ramadan.[35]
  • 20 January: Hong Kong Airlines resumes direct flights to Maldives.[36]
  • 21 January: Government establishes the Maldives International Financial Services Authority, which will function under the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade.[37][38]
  • 23 January: Adam Azim is sworn in as the new Mayor of Malé.[39]
  • 24 January: Islamic Ministry contracts SJ Construction for the construction of Zikura Mosque.[40]
  • 25 January:
  • 26 January: Malé City Council and the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Welfare sign an agreement to develop a temporary cat shelter.[43]
  • 27 January: New Police Stations are established in Baa Atoll Maalhos, and Kihaadhoo, and Noonu Atoll Henbadhoo and, Lhohi.[44]
  • 28 January:
  • 29 January:
    • Opposition party members including Maldivian Democratic Party and the The Democrats submit an Impeachment motion against President Muizzu[54][55]
    • The People's Majlis approves 19 Cabinet ministers and rejects three others, namely Attorney General Ahmed Usham, Minister of Islamic Affairs Mohamed Shaheem and Ministry of Housing, Land and Urban Development Ali Haidar Ahmed.[56]
    • Government reintroduces helicopter flight services.[57]
    • Nationalism Pilot Programme starts in 11 schools across the country, covering four students in Kaafu Atoll, and Seven in different atolls.[58]
    • Maldives Food and Drug Authority (MFDA) bans Toblerone after it was warned by the European Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed that a batch was contaminated with plastic.[59]
  • 30 January:
    • Ministers who were rejected by parliament are re-appointed by President Muizzu.[60]
    • ECM opens applications for parliamentary elections.[61]
    • MFDA orders a Panadol recall after discovering quality issues and defects with the medicine.[62]
    • Due to recent row on Lakshadweep and Maldives, India drops to fifth in Maldives Tourism Rankings (as of 28 January 2024). India was ranked first in 2023 Maldives Tourism Rankings before the end of 2023.[63]
    • Dhiraagu signs a partnership agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to restore the damage caused to Rasfari reef.[64]
  • 31 January:
    • State Electric Company Limited (STELCO) will provide technical support to Fenaka.[65]
    • Protest occur over Club Valencia board transfer where it is alleged that Mohamed Tholal, the sports commissioner changed the board members without the club knowing,[66] causing Bassam Adeel Jaleel, ex-president of FAM to lose control over the club.[67]
    • Desalination plants are established in five islands with Chinese aid.[68]
    • Prosecutor General Hussain Shameem is attacked on the street with a hammer resulting in him being admitted to ADK Hospital.[69] The MNDF has since strengthened his security detail.[70] The attackers are found to have stalked him for hours beforehand and concealed their identity using helmets.[71] The police summon former president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih after his statement which suggested he has credible information.[72]
    • Former President and Central Machangolhi Constituency MP Mohamed Nasheed temporarily relocates to Ghana during his hiatus from politics without informing the People's Majlis on how to proceed regarding his responsibilities towards the constituency and the public.[73][74]
    • Foreign military boards vessels in Maldives Ocean Territory, which is believed to be Indian Coast Guard or Navy by the Yellowfin Tuna Fisherman's Union (Bodu Kanneli Masveringe Union).[75]

February[edit]

  • 1 February:
    • An energy transformer from Addu Atoll temporarily restores power in two wards of Fuvahmulah.[76]
    • The Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) files charges against Ex-President of FAM, Bassam Abdul Jaleel.[77]
    • Maldives faces scarcity of medicines.[78]
    • Bar Council President Ismail Visham dies.[79]
    • MP Eva Abdulla submits motion to review the reappointment of ministers that were dismissed in parliament.[80]
    • India assigns USD 93 million to be used as free aid to the Maldives.[81]
  • 2 February:
    • State owned enterprise, Public Service Media (PSM) hosts parliamentary debates featuring candidates running for all 93 constituencies which is being planned to be hosted in the auditorium of the Maldives National University.[82]
    • The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) concludes its probe into the complaints of regarding the allocation of Fahi Dhiriulhun Corporation (FDC) built flats.[83]
    • The two people connected to the attack on PG Hussain Shameem are arrested.[84]
    • President Muizzu plans on ensuring payments be delivered to fishermen by Maldives Industrial Fisheries Company (MIFCO).[85]
    • FAM's congress announces the formation of committees neglected by the association for the previous four years.[86]
    • A case of whooping cough is detected in GA and Villingili.[87]
    • India hosts the second round of deliberations to remove foreign military presence[88] and has agreed to remove all military by May 10.[89]
    • The Ministry of Defence identifies foreign military that boarded local vessels to be Indian Coastguard Ship 246 and 253.[90] Maldives has also requested India to write a response to explain the jurisdiction behind Indian Coastguards boarding and operating in Maldives EEZ.[91]
    • A car crashes into solar panels in Sinamalé Bridge resulting in both the car and the solar panels damaged.[92]
    • A case is filed in the Civil Court regarding the results of the Henveiru Central constituency in ruling PPM/PNC primaries.[93]
  • 3 February:
    • The Maldives and India agree to replace military personnel with civil personnel.[94]
  • 4 February:
  • 5 February:
    • Opposition parties including MDP and The Democrats boycott this year’s presidential address due to Muizzu's failure on security in parliamentarians during the 28 January brawl.[96]
  • 7 February:
    • Government submits the re-appointed ministers to parliament.[97]
  • 8 February:
  • 9 February:
    • New policy to carry out medical checkups for immigrant workers.[100]
    • Health Ministry announces plans to deliver medicine via drones.[101]
    • Rf. 13,000,000 is paid in compensation and pension to eight employees for Aviation Command employees who were dismissed unfairly.[102]
  • 10 February:
    • The Animal Welfare Ministry hands over plot required to make a cat facility to Male' City Council.[103]
    • 500 athletes from 31 schools across the Maldives attend the Inter-School Athletics Meet in Addu City hosted by the Athletics Association of Maldives.[104]
    • Videos circulates where State Ministers supporting non-PPM/PNC candidates and complaints emerge.[105]
    • Island Aviation Services (IAS), operator of VIA threatens to sue the Maldivian Democratic Party for not paying for flights.[106]
  • 11 February:
  • 12 February:
  • 13 February:
  • 14 January:
    • T Rex Basketball Club wins the National Basketball League.[122]
    • Installation of additional elevators in Hulhumale' Hiya Flats is contracted to a Chinese company.[123]
    • Younger children enrolled to higher preschool grades to be repeated.[124]
    • Holhudhoo Constituency MP Yoonus Ali proposes a motion to Parliament to summon members of the former Flat Committee that were active alongside the ACC members to Parliament for questioning.[125]
    • The no confidence motion against Speaker Aslam and Deputy Speaker Saleem is withdrawn.[126]
    • n Embassy of Maldives is established in Ankara Turkey.[127]
    • XiamenAir's first flight lands in the Maldives.[128]
  • 15 February:
    • Health Ministry plans to build Cancer Hospital behind Dharumavantha Hospital.[129]
    • Maldives High Court stops Gulhifalhu reclamation due to a court case being filed that it was being conducted in an unfriendly way to the environment. The state appeals to the Supreme Court.[130]
    • The Health Protection Agency (HPA) conducts food inspection to food outlets in Malé, Hulhumalé and Villingili.[131]
    • ECM announces timeframe for candidate withdrawal in the upcoming parliamentary elections.[132]
  • 20 February:
    • Agriculture Ministry's State Minister Hussain Ismail is dismissed.[133]
    • Abdulla Shahid wins MDP presidency.[134]
    • Department of National Registry (DNR) changes policy to allow issuance of ID cards to other individuals if they come with a letter by the owner permitting access.[135]
  • 21 February:
    • Maldives donation of two million tuna cans to the Gaza Strip is delayed.[136]
    • National Mental Helpline is established, its helpline number being 1677.[137]
    • The Indian High Commission in Maldives confirms that onion exports will proceed under a separate bilateral agreement.[138]
    • The new apron of the Hanimaadhoo International Airport is officially opened for operations.[139]
  • 22 February:
  • 23 February:
  • 24 February:
  • 25 February:
  • 29 February: The Maldivian Parliamentary election is moved to 21 April.[153]

March[edit]

April[edit]

Muslims in Maldives gathers at the Islamic Centre for Eid al-Fitr Prayer on the Morning of 10 April 2024
Maldives turns on the Festive lights across the parks and the Road to Celebrate Eid al-Fitr.
The special ceremony held at Artificial Beach Monday night commemorated the resounding victory of PNC and affiliated party candidates in the parliamentary elections.

Holidays[edit]

Further information: Public holidays in the Maldives

Source:[171]

Academic Days[edit]

Arts and entertainment[edit]

Sport[edit]

Other sports

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