Overview
- Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury told Russia Today that USAID, the International Republican Institute and allied networks backed a carefully planned campaign since 2018 to unseat Sheikh Hasina.
- He cited Muhammad Yunus’s 2024 appearance at the Clinton Global Initiative and long-public ties with Bill Clinton as evidence of what he called a Clinton–Yunus nexus.
- The outlets reporting the interview offer no independent documentation of diverted aid or clandestine funding, and U.S. officials have rejected related assertions, including interest in St. Martin’s Island.
- After Hasina fled Bangladesh in August 2024, Yunus became chief adviser of an interim government that in May 2025 banned Awami League activities and detained senior party figures while others fled.
- Death toll estimates from the unrest vary widely, with interim authorities citing more than 700 fatalities, rights group Odhikar reporting 281, and a UN report referencing nearly 1,400.