Dhaka, April 22 -- Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam on Tuesday said the deposed Sheikh Hasina government did not pay dues of hundreds of millions of US dollars in LNG imports from Qatar.

"However, the interim government has taken an initiative to pay dues in LNG imports, and all the dues will be paid within a day or two," he said on the sidelines of the Earthna Summit in Doha.

Alam said the interim government has already paid a large portion of the dues for LNG imported from Qatar, reports BSS.

US$37 million in importing LNG from Qatar is yet to be paid, but the government will pay the amount within a day or two, he added.

Earlier in the day, Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi, Qatar Minister of State for Energy Affairs, called on...