Protesters on Tuesday stormed and set fire to the Singha Durbar palace, which houses parliament and government buildings Nepal's major political parties have demanded the country's president ...
With institutions burned to the ground and the army in control, Gen Z protesters are pushing for an anti-corruption crusader to be appointed as the country’s interim leader. Firefighting soldiers ...
It was the wedding of the daughter of a Nepalese politician that first angered Aditya. The 23-year-old activist was scrolling through his social media feed in May, when he read about how the ...
We look at recent upheaval in Nepal, where Gen Z protesters toppled the government, and put the country's first female prime minister in power. Nepal is facing its most serious upheaval in years. In ...
New Delhi, India — The rattle of iron gates sounded like drumbeats as the crowd surged forward. A sea of bodies stormed through the barricades, which had stood as sentinels of power barely hours ago.
Nepal has been rocked by its worst protests in decades, sparked by allegations of political corruption and a social media ban, which has left at least 51 people dead and more than 1,000 injured. Some ...
Islamabad, Pakistan – On Sunday, Nepal’s then-Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli mocked youth protesters, who were planning a major agitation the following day in the capital, Kathmandu, against corruption ...
In 2022, a swelling wave of public anger first swept through the island nation of Sri Lanka and ousted the president. Two years later, it erupted in Bangladesh as protesters toppled the ruling ...
Recent youth-led protests in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal have been triggered by local issues but share deeper roots in stalled economic transitions, high unemployment and frustrations ...