Minivan Daily

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Minivan Daily is a local newspaper of Maldives published in Dhivehi language. The literal meaning of Minivan is independent. The paper started publishing on July 26, 2005 — The day coincides with the Independence Day of the Maldives. This newspaper is the only daily newspaper which does not get government aid[citation needed]. In August,the second month of publishing, the printing press, Novelty Printers and Publishers stopped printing the paper due to threats they received from an unknown sources. Since August 2005, the newspaper is printed on a cyclostyle machine and the size has been reduced to A4. Several journalists along with the editor Aminath Najeeb has been charged by the government for various news articles published by the paper. With its 200th edition the paper launched its website.

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