Overview

• At least 30 people have been killed and more than 1,000 injured since the protests began, Nepal’s health ministry told local media.
• Soldiers enforced curfews, set up checkpoints, and secured key sites after KP Sharma Oli resigned as prime minister.
• Protest representatives proposed former Supreme Court chief justice Sushila Karki to lead an interim administration, a move publicly supported by Kathmandu mayor Balendra Shah despite divisions within the movement.
• Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport reopened after a shutdown, with authorities resuming flights as curfew orders remained in place.
• Large-scale jailbreaks were reported across the country, with thousands of inmates escaping according to media and police, while India issued a travel advisory and tightened security along the open border.