New York: 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.

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.

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.

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".

Nobel laureate and chief adviser to the interim Bangladesh government Muhammad Yunus this week accepted that there was ‘design and conspiracy’ involved in the ouster of Sheikh Hasina, the nation’s former prime minister.

Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son, Sajeeb Wazed, expressed approval of the army chief's 18-month election timeline but stressed that genuine reforms and elections are impossible without Hasina's party.