Gen Z

Gen Z

Young voters could prove pivotal in the next election. Photo: Mehedi Hasan

First-time voters: Caught between hope for change and the same old politics

As Bangladesh heads towards a historic national election, hundreds of thousands of youths hope to vote in a free and fair election for the first time in their lives. But they find themselves at a...

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Nepal’s Gen Z Protesters disillusioned with government they helped install

Smoke rises from a police vehicle that was torched by demonstrators near the BJP office in Leh on September 24, 2025. Photo: AFP via HT

Why Gen Z protests are unlikely to succeed in India

Colonel Michael Randrianirina addresses protesters gathered outside the town hall on Independence Avenue during a nationwide youth-led demonstration against frequent power outages and water shortages, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, 14 October 2025. Photo: REUTERS

Madagascar's military takes power, says colonel

Madagascar's protesters have named their movement Gen Z. Photo: Rijasolo/AFP via DW

Madagascar president fires government after Gen Z protests

A demonstrator holds a poster as police officers stand guard during a protest against the government of Peru's President Dina Boluarte after Congress approved a partial withdrawal of private pension savings, a measure which could leave millions of Peruvians without retirement funds, in Lima, Peru, September 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Sebastian Castaneda/File Photo

Peru's Gen Z rallies against President Boluarte, protesting over pensions and corruption

Nepal's interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki addresses as President Ram Chandra Paudel applauds while attending the Constitution Day at the Army Pavilion in Tundikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 19, 2025. Photo: Reuters

Nepal interim PM vows to fix 'failure' that led to deadly Gen Z protests

Nepal's President Ramchandra Paudel, along with Vice President Ram Sahaya Prasad Yadav and interim Prime Minister Sushila Karki, poses for a picture with newly appointed Finance Minister Rameshore Khanal, Energy Minister Kulman Ghising, and Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal after administering the oath of office, at "Shital Niwas", the presidential building that was ransacked and burned by the protesters, in Kathmandu on 15 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

Nepal's new interim ministers sworn in after protests

Smoke rises from the burnt Hilton Kathmandu hotel, following protests against Monday's killing of 19 people after anti-corruption protests triggered by a social media ban which was later lifted, in Kathmandu, Nepal, 10 September 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

From parliament to luxury hotels, Nepal's protest movement targeted the elite

Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki speaks with the media in Kathmandu, Nepal, on 30 January 2019. File Photo: Reuters

Nepal's former chief justice Karki likely to be appointed interim PM

File photo of Nepal's former chief justice Sushila Karki. Photo: Collected

Nepal ex-chief justice tipped to lead political transition

File photo of Nepal Army Chief General Ashok Raj Sigdel. Photo courtesy: PTI

Who is Ashok Raj Sigdel, Nepal Army chief stepping in to calm violent Gen Z protests?

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Office etiquette, the Gen-Z way