Dhaka, May 11 -- Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun on Monday warned that the country's unresolved energy crisis remains the single biggest obstacle to attracting both local and foreign investment, and that no amount of policy reform will convince investors without a reliable power and gas supply.

"Until we solve the energy problem, we can talk about investment but it's going to be very difficult for local and foreign investors to believe in the Bangladesh story," Ashij was speaking at a roundtable on 'Trade Policy, Industrial Protection, Investment Impacts, and Consumer Welfare,' organised by the Policy Research Institute's (PRI) Center for Trade Policy and Protection R...