Fire rages through the Singha Durbar palace in Kathmandu on September 9, 2025. (photo by Prabin Ranabhat/AFP via Getty Images) Following similar unrest in Bangladesh and Indonesia, Nepal’s youth ...

Two days later Nepal’s president dissolved parliament and appointed Sushila Karki, a former Supreme Court chief justice known ...

Arson attacks during protests in Nepal destroyed buildings, court files and even records of international agreements and state investments. Kathmandu Dispatch Arson attacks during protests in Nepal ...

What began as a Gen Z-led social media movement against the lavish lifestyles of “Nepo Kids” led to the ousting of a prime minister and the deadliest social unrest Nepal has seen in years. Plumes of ...

Protesters capture Singha Durbar, which housed the office of the former Prime Minister and other ministries, amid raging Gen Z protests against corruption and a social-media crackdown, in Kathmandu, ...

Kathmandu: The main administrative complex of the Nepal government in Kathmandu was vandalised and torched by the so-called Gen Z protestors on 8-9 September. The violent protest left several injured, ...

Protesters, many in their teens and 20s, rallied outside Parliament chanting slogans such as “Shut down corruption, not social media.” Demonstrators attempted to storm barricades near Singha Durbar, ...

Army personnel patrol along a street outside the Singha Durbar, the main administrative building for the Nepal government, in Kathmandu - Copyright AFP Paavan MATHEMA ...

Protesters celebrate at the Singha Durbar, the seat of Nepal's government's various ministries and offices, after burning it down during a protest against a social media ban and corruption in ...

As Nepal’s famed Singha Durbar palace went up in flames last week, protesters determined to rattle the government hung a manga flag showing a skull wearing a straw hat against the building’s ornate ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s government responded to escalating violent protests over a ban on popular social media platforms with deadly force. The public outrage over the ban and the deaths of 19 ...

PREVIOUSLY: Thousands of young Nepalis have poured onto the streets of Kathmandu after the government imposed a sweeping ban on 26 major social media platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, X and ...