Dhaka, April 5 -- Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman today (Sunday) said that Bangladesh has no secret agreement with the United States, adding that whatever agreements exist have already been made public.

"There is no secret agreement with the United States; whatever agreements exist have already been made public," he told reporters at the Secretariat, BSS reports.

The foreign minister, along with Prime Minister's Adviser for Foreign Affairs Humaiun Kobir, was present when US Ambassador to Bangladesh Brent T. Christensen paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman at the secretariat.

Dr Rahman claimed that Bangladesh needs permission from the United States to import oil under any such agreement is "completely false."

He ex...