Nepal ministers inspect charred Parliament, order repair of damaged structures

Three Nepal ministers on Wednesday inspected the Parliament building that was set on fire by the Gen Z protesters and also ordered repair works for government buildings partially damaged during the violent protests last week. The interim...

Nepal ministers assess burnt parliament building

Kathmandu, Sep 17 (PTI) Three Nepal ministers on Wednesday inspected the Parliament building that was set on fire by the Gen Z protesters and also ordered repair works for government buildings partially damaged during the violent protests last...

ICRA Nepal Flags Rising Credit Risks Post Gen Z Protests

Nepal’s economic outlook has become more uncertain following one of the most politically turbulent weeks in recent memory. Nationwide protests by Gen Z, which began on September 8 against the ruling government, escalated quickly and led to a...

Ncell Marks Two Decades in Nepal; Flags Policy Challenges Ahead

Ncell, Nepal’s first private mobile service provider, has completed two decades of operation in the country, but the company has warned that its future journey could be challenging without favorable government policies. Ahead of its 20th...

Nepal’s Himalayan biodiversity struggles with new herds and highways (commentary)

Nepal’s Limi Valley near the Tibetan border is a high-altitude landscape with immense cultural and natural value, providing both pasture for traditional yak herders and habitat for wildlife ranging from snow leopards to lynx, bears, and a range of...

Political Change Without Cultural Revival: Nepal’s Unfinished Path to Social Progress

KATHMANDU: As for the political landscape of Nepal, within two decades, the country has transitioned from monarchy to republic, from war to peace, and from centralization to federalism. Indeed, on paper, it looks like progress. However, even after...

Nepal protests an indication of regional discontent

Protests that toppled Nepal’s government last week echo uprisings across parts of Asia, where angry, unemployed young people are rising against entrenched elites. From Sri Lanka’s 2022 economic revolt to Bangladesh’s student-led 2024 uprising,...

Ncell completes 20 years’ service in Nepal, find its major contributions

Nepal’s leading private telco, Ncell, has completed 20 years of service in Nepal. The company was established as Mero Mobile back in 2004 and started providing telecom services in 2005. In this post, we outline Ncell’s journey in the past 19 years...

Nepal's color revolution: US funding under scrutiny amid country's political upheaval

By Kit Klarenberg In recent weeks, Nepal has been engulfed in chaos. Public and private buildings have been set ablaze, and dozens of civilians have been killed in incidents that many believe bear the imprint of Western involvement. On September...

A nation in turmoil: Death toll from Nepal’s anti-corruption protests rises to 72

A nation in turmoil: Death toll from Nepal’s anti-corruption protests rises to 72 Anti-corruption protests in Nepal have resulted in at least 72 deaths and over 1,300 injuries following violent clashes. The government's attempt to ban social media...

From Nepal to Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, a crisis of democracy that has lessons for India

September 17, 2025 06:29 PM IST First published on: Sep 17, 2025 at 06:29 PM IST The massive street protests in Sri Lanka (2022), Bangladesh (2024) and Nepal (2025) toppled three legitimately elected governments primarily because the demos, common...

No consensus on Hami Nepal’s claim of leading the Gen-Z movement

Kathmandu, September 17 Sudan Gurung, who claims to lead the Gen-Z movement, has now reached a point where he is demanding the resignation of the very government that the protests helped bring to power. Insisting that the change occurred because...

Who is Sushila Karki, Nepal’s new 73-year-old interim prime minister?

Nepal’s former Chief Justice Sushila Karki has been appointed as the country’s new interim prime minister, following days of deadly youth protests. Karki’s appointment was announced by the office of President Ramchandra Poudel on Friday, September...

Nepal at the Edge of Failure with Gen Z as the Last Hope

Revolutions are the punctuation marks of history. They interrupt, reset, and redirect the trajectories of nations. Since its unification under Prithvi Narayan Shah in the 18th century, Nepal has been a nation of repeated upheavals—Rana oligarchy,...

TRISTEN TAYLOR: Gen Z is angry and ready for revolt in Nepal and beyond

In February this year the student union kicked off a series of events that has led to widespread and continuing protests against the corrupt and increasingly authoritarian regime of President Prabowo Subianto, a former soldier involved in the...

Gen Z Movement in Nepal: The Coded Message

Nepal’s recent demonstration, daubed as ‘Gen Z Revolution’ took the world by surprise on several fronts. First, it emerged as a spontaneous uprising appealed through the social media, at a time when the media had been banned. Second, it started...

iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max Launching Soon in Nepal: Going Back to Aluminium

HIGHLIGHTS iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max price in Nepal are expected to start from Rs. 2,00,000 and Rs. 2,32,000, respectively, for the 256GB variant. Both phones are powered by the A19 Pro chip and also feature the new iOS 26. The phone comes with a...

Need for reappraisal of overthrowing of Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal governments like houses of cards

The recent anti-immigration protests in London yet again displayed the power of social media. Organisers mustered as many as 150,000 people to demand that the UK take tangible measures to curb illegal immigration. Such a massive gathering wouldn’t...

#IFJBlog: Nepal’s two days of reckoning – from social media ban to nationwide uprising

What happened in Nepal on September 8 and 9 still feels unreal, like waking up from a bad dream. Before it happened, everything seemed normal, until suddenly it wasn’t. On the surface, it looked like a youth demonstration gone wrong, but at its...

Nepal Protests Echo Regional Uprisings

Protests that toppled Nepal’s government last week echo uprisings across parts of Asia, where angry, unemployed young people are rising against entrenched elites. From Sri Lanka’s 2022 economic revolt to Bangladesh’s student-led 2024 uprising,...