Mango exports from Satkhira, Bangladesh, to Europe could be hindered this year due to reduced yields attributed to Cyclone Remal and subsequent drought conditions. The affected mangoes are also of smaller size, which has led to concerns about meeting the export targets for the season. The region had an export goal of 300 tons for the season, with efforts including training for 300 farmers in Satkhira Sadar, Kalaroa, and Debhata upazilas to produce mangoes suitable for export. Hazrat Ali, from Tasin Enterprise, highlighted the high demand for Himsagar mangoes from Satkhira in the European market, though procurement has been difficult this year due to poor production. A local farmer, Rafiqul Islam, reported significantly reduced yields, impacting his ability to export.

It is also the first for Mahmood Ali as finance minister. In last year’s budget, former finance minister Kamal decided to move ‘Towards a Smart Bangladesh'. Despite this, former finance minister Kamal kept to the traditional style of planning by increasing the size of the budget every year. The finance minister hopes to meet the deficit by borrowing Tk 1.27 trillion from abroad and nearly Tk 1.61 trillion from domestic sources. It is Ali's hope that with the implementation of the new budget, Bangladesh can achieve 6.75 percent GDP growth while keeping inflation tamped down to 6.5 percent.

Rosemary Iodice, left, of the Village of Collier, assists Barbara Millard, of the Village of Osceola Hills, as she uses a sewing machine to make a chair-back storage pocket with the Mamie's Quilters on Tuesday at Eisenhower Recreation. The chair-back storage pockets will go to students at Lake Panasoffkee Elementary School.

Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali has proposed to lower the corporate tax rate on the condition that companies use bank transactions for all types of income, and a certain level of expenditure and investment. He has proposed to lower the tax rate by 2.50 per cent in different sectors in the 2024-25 budget tabled on Thursday. The proposed budget kept the existing corporate tax rate of 37.50 per cent for publicly traded banks, insurance, financial institutions and also for merchant banks. Although the upcoming budget proposed tax rebates for different companies, the finance minister proposed to increase the tax rate for cooperative societies by 5 per cent. Those mobile phone operator companies not publicly traded will still have to pay the 45 per cent tax rate, the minister said.

The government has proposed to increase the value added tax (VAT) on amusement parks and theme parks from 7.5 per cent to 15 per cent. The VAT on the service provided by tour operators and tour guides has also gone up in the budget for fiscal year 2024-25, reports bdnews24.com. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali proposed the increases in the budget he presented to parliament on Thursday. It’ll bring a negative impact on tourists,” said Md Yunus, director of the Media and Publication Department of the Tour Operators Association of Bangladesh (TOAB). “When the government withdraws VAT rebate it will increase the cost for tourists.

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SANGSAD BHABAN, June 6, 2024 (BSS)- The government has allocated Taka 7,474 crore forthe Liberation War Affairs Ministry in the proposed budget for the fiscal year (FY) 2024-25. 20,000 considering the socio-economic status of the freedom fighters. Furthermore, the honorarium for the martyrs, freedom fighters holding a title of honour, and war-wounded freedom fighters is now directly deposited into their bank accounts through the Government-to-Person (G2P) system, he said. “We are providing grants for freedom fighters' honorarium, including festivalallowances, Bengali New Year allowances, and Great Victory Day allowances for thefreedom fighters who are alive. Moreover, the programme for issuance of smart cards and digital certificates to ensure the identity of these heroic freedom fighters who are included in the integrated list of the freedom fighters is underway, he added.

SANGSAD BHABAN, June 6, 2024 (BSS) - Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Alihas proposed increasing the social security programme allocation by 7.72percent year-on-year for the 2024-25 fiscal year (FY). The social security programme has been given an allocation of Taka 1,36,026crore, up by Taka 9,754 crore from Taka 1,26,272 crore of the current fiscal. "We are providing grants for freedom fighters' honorarium, including festivalallowances, Bengali New Year allowances, and Great Victory Day allowances forthe freedom fighters who are alive," he said. In this connection, he said there are also provisions for medical care andburial expenses after the death of the freedom fighters. Moreover, he said, the programme for issuance of smart cards and digitalcertificates to ensure the identity of these heroic freedom fighters, who areincluded in the integrated list of the freedom fighters is underway.

As a result, the prices of essential goods, including wheat and fertiliser, sky-rocketed, the finance minister said. The Awami League’s former finance minister AHM Mustafa Kamal had attempted to restrict inflation to 6 percent in the outgoing 2023-24 fiscal year. In his budget speech, the finance minister did not explain in detail how the average price inflation could be held at 6.5 percent. In his budget speech, the finance minister said that taming inflation is at the heart of Bangladesh’s medium-term policy strategy and sector wise strategies. In the budget speech, the finance minister said, “

Once again, the Nebraska volleyball team will be represented well on the United States Olympic women’s volleyball team. Three ex-Huskers — Jordan Larson, Kelsey (Robinson) Cook and Justine Wong-Orantes — have each made the team for this summer’s Paris Games. The roster includes eight players who won the gold medal at the 2020 Olympics and four players who will make their Olympic debuts. She earned a silver medal from London 2012 and a bronze medal from Rio de Janeiro 2016 to go with her gold medal from Tokyo. She competed in 2016 (bronze medal) and 2020 (gold medal).

The total supplementary duty will increase from 15 to 20 percentMobile phone call costs are on the rise as the government has announced an additional 5 percent tax on mobile talk time in the new budget. Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali disclosed this during the budget speech. The tax is set to be implemented immediately following the budget announcement on Thursday. Currently, calls on mobile phones are subjected to a 15 percent VAT and a 15 percent supplementary duty. With the new tax, the total supplementary duty will increase to 20 percent.Furthermore, the fee for each SIM or e-SIM has been raised from Tk 200 to Tk 300.

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Former Sun staff writer and magazine editor Keri Blakinger ’14 was named a 2024 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in feature writing for her piece “When Wizards and Orcs Came to Death Row” — a portrait of men on death row in Texas. As someone who has served prison time in the past over a 2010 drug charge, Blakinger explained that her lived experience strengthens her incarceration coverage. Texas death row limits how often reporters can talk to inmates, Blakinger explained. Many death row inmates feared the impact being named in the story would have on their cases. Blakinger’s story does not just focus on the harsh conditions inmates face on death row.

Carl Clarke, a Village of Osceola Hills resident who served in the U.S. Air Force from 1965-98, participated in a parachute jump in Normandy, France, in honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day. The jump is part of a three-phase event called “Operation Currahee to Normandy.”