<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">After the White House, the US Department of State has also trashed reports that claimed the United States was involved in former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"That’s laughable," Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel told reporters at a regular briefing in Washington on August 13.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said any implication that the United States was involved in Sheikh Hasina’s resignation is absolutely false.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We have seen a lot of disinformation in recent weeks," Patel said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said they remain incredibly committed to strengthening information integrity across the digital ecosystem, especially with their partners in South Asia.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Earlier, the White House ruled out any involvement of the United States behind the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, stressing that it is false.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"So, we have had no involvement at all. Any — any reports or rumours that the United States government was involved in these — in these events is simply, simply false. That is not true," Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at a press briefing on August 12.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">She said this is a choice for and by the Bangladeshi people.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We believe that the Bangladeshi people should determine the future of the Bangladeshi government, and that’s where we stand," said the White House Press Secretary.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Any allegations, certainly, we will continue to say, and I have said here, is simply not true," she added.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A journalist mentioned that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reported to allies that she was thrown out — or forced to be out of power because the U.S. wanted to have one of the islands given to them - the United States of America.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And since — because they didn’t agree to it, she was forced to resign, the questioner mentioned.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The press secretary said they are going to continue to monitor the situation.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>