‘USAID and Clinton’: Ex-Bangladesh minister alleges US-backed plot to topple Hasina; says coup was ‘carefully planned’

A former Bangladeshi minister has alleged that the 2024 riots, which led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government, were backed by USAID and the Bill Clinton family. Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, who served in Hasina’s cabinet, made the claims in an interview with Russia Today. Chowdhury said that several US-based organisations had been “running campaigns” against the Awami League government since 2018. “Certain actions of...