Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has proposed changes to duties on different products, which may rise or fall in their prices.
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The items for which price may increase are: powder milk, cream, raw sugar, refined sugar, rice bran, natural honey in bulk, olive oil wrapped/canned, olive oil, dry mixed food, smart phone, cotton seeds, optical fibre cables, cars, toys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, and other containers, glass, packing materials, preserving jars made of glass, ice-cream, edible oil, tube light, bidi, cigarette, LP gas, imported tyers, imported parts of motorcycle, smartphones etc.
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The items for which price may decrease are: poultry/dairy/fish feed, harvesting machinery, cancer medicine, bricks, fire-fighting equipment, gold bars, semi- manufactured gold, unwrought gold, biscuits, bakery products, cotton seeds, fan, water pump, power tiller, locally manufactured motorcycle, combined harvester etc.
Kamal unveiled his first national budget of Tk 5.23 trillion in the parliament on Thursday (Jun 13).
In a rare turn of events, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took over the budget presentation from the finance minister struggling with his health.
Seventy-two-year-old Kamal fumbled through the start of his speech before being allowed by Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury to deliver his address sitting down.
But the minister continued to struggle throughout the session before Hasina took over from him to complete the address.