Please reconsider the decision

Please reconsider the decision

Khandaker Zia Hasan, Communication Trainer & Journalist

The latest decision of the government that one and two taka notes will be withdrawn has surprised me. As I work on rural education, I spend half the month in villages where one and two taka notes are greatly in use. You can buy more than ten types of candies which cost taka one or two only. The price of a matchbox is Tk 1 or 2. We can still buy so many things that cost the same. If all on a sudden the government withdraws one/two taka notes, it will hike the prices of low cost daily commodities thereby putting pressure on the lower income groups of the country. We urge the government to please reconsider the decision.