Overview

• President Ramchandra Paudel announced the dissolution and scheduled voting for March 5 following days of deadly protests.
• Former chief justice Sushila Karki was sworn in as interim leader after negotiations involving the army chief and protest representatives.
• Authorities and media report at least 51 dead and more than 1,300 injured, with totals contested and the UN urging transparent investigations.
• Demonstrations triggered by a now-withdrawn block on 26 social-media platforms broadened into an anti-corruption movement driven largely by Generation Z.
• Protesters torched parliament and other offices as security forces imposed curfews and used water cannon, tear gas and reported live fire, with streets now largely calmer.