The former minister claimed that the protests that led to Hasina’s ouster were not spontaneous but “carefully planned” and funded. (File Photo)

A former minister in Sheikh Hasina’s government has claimed that US aid funds and links with the Clinton family were used to support the 2024 unrest in Bangladesh that led to the former prime minister’s removal from power, Russia Today reported.

In an interview with RT’s Runjun Sharma, Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury, who served in Hasina’s cabinet and took part in crisis negotiations, alleged that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and several US-based organisations had been involved in campaigns against the Hasina government.

“Certain actions of some NGOs, especially from the United States naming a few, I mean USAID, for ex

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