Dhaka, April 6 -- Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun on Sunday said Bangladesh would be able to overcome the energy supply shortage if it can properly tap the American market in addition to Gulf nations which will also help Bangladesh address the trade imbalance with the United States.

"Since February this year, we have been in discussions with the US on how the trade imbalance can be reduced. A big topic to reduce trade imbalance is LNG," he said while responding to a question on smooth energy supply to the industrial sector.

Chief Adviser's Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, Deputy Press Secretaries Apurba Jahangir and Abul Kalam Azad Majumder were also present at ...