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Finance minister Ahmed Munawar speaks at the parliamentary budget review committee. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU

Maldives to slash prices of food, electricity in 2018

By Maldives Times 2 min read

Finance minister Ahmed Munawar speaks at the parliamentary budget review committee. PHOTO: NISHAN ALI/MIHAARU The government has decided to slash the rates of food, staple foods, and electricity next year. According to the proposed State Budget 2018 submitted by the finance ministry to the parliament, the government is looking to allocate MVR 200 million as […]

Health Minister Abdulla Nazim.

Maldives seeks to implement Food Act

By Maldives Times 1 min read

Health Minister Abdulla Nazim. The Maldives government is compiling a legislation on food safety, announced health minister Abdulla Nizam Ibrahim on Monday. Speaking after the launching of the government’s first policy on food safety, Nazim revealed that the state has nearly finished drafting the bill, taking legal counsel into account. He also noted that the […]