Hasina shifts stance, now says US did not engineer her removal
This news article from The Business Standard reports that former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reversed her earlier position, now stating she does not believe the United States or other Western powers were responsible for her removal from office in August 2024. She made these remarks in interviews with NDTV and CNN-News18, saying she had seen "no decisive evidence" of external involvement and described Bangladesh-US relations as "good and stable." The article highlights the contrast with her initial stance, in which she reportedly blamed the US and suggested the situation might have differed had she ceded control of St. Martin's Island to Washington. It also notes that former officials close to her government, such as ex-home minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, continued to allege CIA involvement in her ouster, making Hasina's shift in tone particularly notable.
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The Business Standard. "Hasina shifts stance, now says US did not engineer her removal." The Business Standard, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/hasina-shifts-stance-now-says-us-did-not-engineer-her-remova-4750ebd9.
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