Overview
- In a new RT interview, former minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury says U.S.-linked NGOs, including USAID and the International Republican Institute, funded campaigns against Hasina since 2018 and planned the unrest.
- He ties Muhammad Yunus to the Clinton family and characterizes the uprising as a “carefully planned” effort backed by clandestine NGO financing.
- Washington publicly denies any role in Hasina’s ouster, calling the accusations “laughable” and “simply false,” according to reports.
- Hasina left for India after student-led protests toppled her government on August 5, 2024, and Yunus now heads an interim administration that has curbed Awami League activity with elections slated for February 2026.
- Accounts of the unrest’s toll diverge, with the interim government reporting over 700 deaths and a UN-cited report putting the number near 1,400.