KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Armed soldiers guarded the streets of Nepal’s capital Wednesday, ordering people to stay home in an attempt to restore order after tens of thousands of protesters stormed and set fire to government buildings and attacked politicians. Soldiers with weapons guarding the main areas of Kathmandu appeared to give some sense of…
new video loaded: Protests in Nepal Force Prime Minister to Resign By Axel Boada•September 9, 2025 Young demonstrators, targeting symbols of Nepal’s governing elite, set fire to the Parliament building as a second day of unrest forced the prime minister to resign. Source link
Published On 9 Sep 20259 Sep 2025 Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has been forced to step down after a wave of anticorruption protests left 19 people dead and more than 100 injured, but tens of thousands of protesters remained on the streets, blocking roads and setting fires to parliament and other government buildings….
Nepal’s Prime Minister Sharma Oli has resigned from his position as deadly anti-corruption protests continue across the country, with at least 22 people now reported dead. Deadly clashes occurred between police and so-called ‘Gen-Z’ protestors, mostly centered in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Monday, which were ignited after a government ban on social media blocked 26…
Kathmandu, Nepal – Pabit Tandukar was shouting slogans against Nepal’s government outside the country’s parliament building in the capital Kathmandu when he felt sharp pain cutting through his leg. The 22-year-old university student was taken to the trauma centre of Kathamandu’s Bir Hospital on Monday, where doctors confirmed he had been hit by a live…
Nepal’s crackdown on social media companies, which led to protests and police killing at least 19 people, is part of a yearslong decline of internet freedoms around the world as even democracies seek to curtail online speech. The Himalayan country’s government said last week it was blocking several social media platforms including Facebook, X and…
new video loaded: Nepalese Protesters Briefly Storm Parliament Over Social Media Ban By Monika Cvorak•September 8, 2025 Protesters, mostly teenagers and young adults, surged toward the Parliament complex in Nepal’s capital and occupied a security building before being dispersed by the police using rubber bullets and water cannons. The protests come days after the government…
Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has voiced his concerns over an agreement between India and China to use Lipulekh as a route to carry out trade. According to his secretariat, the leader raised an objection regarding the issue during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday. Nepal claims Lipulekh as its…
Many thousands of immigrants living in the US who came from certain countries regarded as risky or dangerous are at the mercy of US judges and the Trump administration’s agenda to slash their work authorization and protection from deportation. Since taking office, the Trump administration has announced the termination of temporary protected status (TPS) for…
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) -Nepal will waive climbing fees for nearly 100 peaks in the remote northwestern Himalayas for the next two years to try and lure more mountaineers to the less developed region bordering China, an official said on Monday. The country has opened 491 of its peaks but climbers typically focus on…