Overview

• Talks between Gen Z representatives and senior military officials produced no consensus on an interim chief, with Sushila Karki and Kulman Ghising emerging as the main contenders alongside Balendra Shah and Harka Sampang.
• Officials report 34 dead and 1,338 injured from early‑week clashes, as calm holds under extended curfew with defined movement windows across the Kathmandu Valley.
• The Supreme Court will resume hearings from Sunday, banks were told to open for limited hours, and immigration eased exit rules for foreigners whose visas expired after September 8.
• Security forces face fallout from large jailbreaks, with reports of more than 15,000 inmates escaping from at least 25 prisons and fresh clashes at Ramechhap leaving three inmates dead, taking prisoner deaths to eight.
• Gen Z volunteers launched citywide cleanups and activists pressed for dissolving parliament and amending the constitution, while some leaders said they do not seek government posts and are not yet ready to lead.