Overview

• Media reports cite at least 21 people killed and more than 400 injured as police confronted protesters in Kathmandu and Itahari.
• Demonstrators set fires at the Parliament and the Singha Durbar government complex and attacked the residences of senior political figures.
• An order from the communications ministry to block 26 platforms, including Facebook, YouTube, X and LinkedIn, triggered the youth-led mobilization over censorship and corruption.
• Several ministers, including the interior, agriculture and water supply chiefs, resigned over the security response, further straining the governing coalition.
• Authorities imposed curfews and school closures, and Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport was reported shut for security reasons.