Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate and Chief Advisor to Bangladesh's Interim Government showcased to an American audience the "brains" behind the "meticulously designed" protests that led to Sheikh Hasina's ouster 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.

The interim head of the Bangladesh government called Mahfuz Abdullah and two other student leaders on the stage and lauded them for sparking a revolution that "shook the entire country".

Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to Bangladesh’s interim government, spoke on Tuesday about the student-led movement that resulted in Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, describing the “revolution” as “meticulously designed.

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.

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.

Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative, Dr Muhammad Yunus introduced and praised the young leaders who drove the student-led movement that led to Sheikh Hasina's ouster.