Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned from his post on Tuesday amid widespread protests against corruption and his government, The Kathmandu Post quoted his secretariat as saying.

Oli’s resignation came a day after the agitation sparked by the Nepali government’s ban on 26 social media platforms turned violent. The clashes with security forces on Monday led to the deaths of 19 persons. Around 400 protesters were injured in the clashes.

Amid pressure from the public, the Oli government lifted the social media ban on Monday night.

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The demonstrations have been described as a protest by “Gen Z”, generally referring to persons born between 1995 and 2010.

Videos shared on social media showed the parliament building on fire on Tuesday.

Here are the other top updates:

  • Earlier on Tuesday, protesters gathered around Oli’s private residence in Balkot town demanding his resignation and set fire to his house, The Himalayan Times reported. The police fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters.
  • The Kathmandu district administration imposed an indefinite curfew in the capital on Tuesday. Fresh orders were issued at 8.30 am, hours after earlier restrictions expired at 5 am, PTI reported. The directives allow exceptions for “emergency services, including ambulances, fire engines, vehicles carrying health workers, tourists, media personnel and air travellers”.
  • All flights at the Tribhuvan International Airport were cancelled on Tuesday amid security concerns, The Kathmandu Post reported.
  • Demonstrators also attacked the homes of other political leaders in Kathmandu, including the Deputy Prime Minister Bishnu Paudel, Communications Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung and former Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak, The Kathmandu Post reported. Lekhak had resigned from his post on Monday.
  • The homes of Nepal Rashtra Bank Governor Biswo Paudel, former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Opposition leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal were also attacked, according to The Kathmandu Post. The office of the Nepali Congress party in Sanepa was also set on fire.
  • The Nepali Army on Tuesday evacuated several ministers from their residences in Bhaisepati after reports of mass arson and vandalism, The Kathmandu Post reported.
  • India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday urged to all citizens to defer travel to Nepal “until the situation is stablised”. The ministry also told Indians who are already in Nepal to “shelter in their current places of residence, avoid going out onto the streets and exercise all due caution”.

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