Dhaka: Bangladesh on February 20 renewed its earlier stand that none of its nationals are staying in India illegally and accused New Delhi of fresh attempts to push in their nationals into its soil.

Reiterating Dhaka's stand that "no Bangladeshis are in India illegally", Foreign Secretary Shamsher Mobin Chowdhury told reporters, "If there is any one there, they may be deported as per laid down procure."

Chowdhury's statements come in the wake of newspapers reports that Border Security Forces (BSF) attempted push in on February 20.

"Tension mounted further in the country's North Western frontiers after Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) foiled two fresh push in attempts of Bangla-speaking Indian citizens by BSF into Bangladesh territory," state-owned BSS new agency reported.

The incident occurred only three days after Foreign Minister Morshed Khan returned home after holding talks with Indian leaders, including his counterpart Yashwant Sinha and describing the talks as "good".

The Foreign Secretary described Morshed Khan's meeting with India leader as "productive" as it is leading to resumption of dialogue.

He said the decision to hold Foreign Secretary level in April is a positive outcome of the meeting.

The Foreign Secretary said there are laid down procedures to deport illegal immigrants and added it should be followed in case of illegal immigrant.

Chowdhury stressed that "unless a person is identified as illegal, he cannot be deported", adding "if deported, it should be through laid down procedure".

He denied any shifting of Bangladesh foreign policy and said Dhaka condemns a resolution taken in New York urging minority community in the country to take up arms to establish their rights.

The Foreign Secretary said Bangladesh wants resolution of Iraq problem through talks.

"There should be negotiated settlement on Iraq issue," he said .

PTI