The following are the top stories in national newspapers today.

The Sunday Times of Malta says four Bangladeshis enrolled at the American University of Malta never showed up on campus and are suspected to have used their student visas to travel to another EU country. In another story it says areas of ODZ land over five times the size of the Floriana Granaries in total have been earmarked for new fuel stations around the island.

Malta Today says the White Rocks consortium selected as the preferred bidder to develop a luxury villa complex over 450 tumoli of land has been told their €25 million offer is far below government expectations.

The Malta Independent on Sunday says the government is expected to agree to some of the Medical Association of Malta’s proposals as a third meeting will be held on Monday.

It-Torċa quotes the CEO of Jobsplus, Clyde Caruana, saying that unemployment in Malta cannot go down any further.

Il-Mument says one of the participants in the Labour Party’s exercise to train women for politics told the newspaper she felt exploited by her own party.

Illum says that 13 new boutique hotels were approved in Valletta between 2015 and 2016.