Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting this weel, Yunus praised student protesters as creators of a "new version of Bangladesh ." He also hinted at Mahfuz Abdullah's involvement in Hasina's removal from power.

While addressing the recent annual meet, Yunus shed light on the recent mass protest in Bangladesh against the then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. He said that it is not known that who was the key conspirator behind the protests but he did state Mahfuj Abdullah and said he played a key role in the ouster of Hasina from power.

Bangladesh's chief advisor Muhammad Yunus introduced to an American audience in New York the 'brains' behind the 'meticulously designed' protests that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina from power.

Bangladesh's chief advisor Muhammad Yunus introduced to an American audience here the brains behind the "meticulously designed" protests that led to the ouster of Sheikh Hasina from power.

Yunus, an acclaimed economist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate known for founding Grameen Bank and pioneering microfinance, was seen as an apolitical leader capable of bridging divides within a fractured political landscape.